Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 91, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 February 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

At Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

fTT emi of Interest Til from Surrounding Towns Tersely Told Chronicling the Hap-f penings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis.

| McOOYSBUUG. lliowman Bros, are setting up a lot of new machinery for the spring sales. Mr. Herr is now baling and loading his last year’s crop of hay. Some of his hay is quite good feCd hay, he. says. Mr. Fisher of Tefft, who owns the David Culp place, was down this week seeing about the work of finishing his new house. Thomas Eldridge of Monon visited in this locality Monday. Mr. -Eldridge while well up in years is still a hale old man and onb of the pioneers of early Jasper. There will be a meeting to try and organize an Epworth League here next Sunday night. Let everyone that can come out and . help us to 'have meetings * every ' Sunday night. Thompson, one of the workmen on the Gifford steam shovel, had his foot badly crushed by a falling piece of iron work last week, and has been unable to walk without crutches since. The lecture given at the school house Saturday ■ night by Rev. Kuonen was well attended. The scenes were of his native country, Switzerland, and some very fine scenery Was shown, together with an interesting talk on manners, mode of living and different objects in his old home. The meeting held in Milroy church one night last week to call an election voting a tax on the people of Milroy tp., to help Mr. Gifford build ‘his road was not a success, owing to the fact that the people seemed to think that stone iroads, dredge ditches and tile were better things to pay out money for. Do not allow your kidney, and bladder trouble to develop beyond the reach of medicine. Take Foley Kidney Pills. They give quick results and stop irregularities with surprising promptness.—A. F. Long.

j BAUM’S BRIDGE. George Bancroft visited over Sunday in Walkerton. C. D. Shook of the Demotte was in these parts. Friday. C. E. Bush was at the county seat on business yesterday. Mr. Breckner and family have anoved to the Anderson place. Charles Gilbretih, who has been on the sick list for some time, has recovered. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Wilmington visited Thursday with the Vandercar family. Hewett Downs, who haa been, ill for some time, is still in a critical condition. John Cunningham contemplates moving his fam illy to a small farm near Koute soon. Mrs. James Qilbreth and Mrs. A. J. Bush caked on Mrs. Bert Vhndercar Tuesday afternoon. Two new members, Mr. and Mrs. George Beemer r were added to the -Chuidh of Christ last week. Henry Drake of Demotte delivered corn to Wheatfield from the ranch for C. D, Shook last week. Charles Hopkins and Son Orvil of North Dakota were calling on old acquaintances here the first of the week. Arunah Bacon has sold his property here and moved to Leßoy. We very much regret to lose good neighbors. _____ James Clark and C. E. Bush went to Kouts on business Wednesday.- Ask Elmer wihy they went. We wouldn’t dare to tell.

PAIR OAKS. | Walter McConnell and family visited over Sunday wiitih relatives in Rensselaer. Ed Fawley move<jl hiis household effects Sunday from his* wife’s liome into the ' Munden house. Mud, did you say? Yes. The roads were awful Monday and •Tuesday with mud, but now they are blocked with snow. ,The magic lantern show at the M. E. church Friday, Saturday and Sunday evenings drew a pretty large crowd regardless of the bad weather. Supervisor Goff put a team to work Thursday morning with a snow plow, making roads to the

school hoiijse and opening up the drifts on the highways. Jack Star finger, who has been assisting Cal Burroughs in the blacksmith shop since last fall, rung off Monday, shook the dust of Fair Oaks from his feet and took his departure for Oregon, it is said. Mrs. Mattie Dickinson, who has been up near Demotte for some time, sick, was brought over in an automobile the latter part of the week to- John Caisiey’s, to stay until she recovers. Fred Williams, the painter, was here from Kniman Saturday. He ki just getting over about a six weeks seige of pneumonia. He expects to be here in about ten days to complete some unfinished jobs left over from last fall. We were beginning to see signs of sprjng again the first of the week; the prairie chickens had begun to bob-hoo-hoo, besides some other birds, and Uncle Dave Winslow, who has wintered near Lisbon, No. Dak., hais returned. Quite a number from here attended the Macon sale Tuesday. Floyd Cox bought-a dandy span of mules, and Lawrence Hal leek purchased the top buggy. He aims to attend literary at Virgie every two. weeks. We see where he is right. i.’ _ , r ._2 There seems to be quite & bit of trouble nowadays in justice court between Ed Fawly and wife. Constable Parks of Rensselaer came up a couple of times the past week Co serve papers on Ed and to subpoena witnesses. Where the trouble will land is yet to be seen. Postmaster Thompson, while going down to the office Sunday morning to look after his Sunday papers, slapped on the ice and got a bad fall!',' bruising hiis hip and spraining one of his wrists so badly he had to keep to his bed several days the first of the week. ■> Owing to his age he can’t stand such falls very well. A blizzard? Yes, indeed. We had a fierce storm which’ begun some time Tuesday night and continued through. Wednesday and on into the night. There was a high wind accompanied it, and one driving could not see fifty >feet ahead much of the time, and the way it piled up the snow was a fright. It put the trains almost out of business. It was the worst we have had since ’B4, when one could drive over rail fences with teams and islleds. Ben Zellejrs, while shredding corn for Ed Cox about six miles northwest of here Monday, met with a very painful and serious accident. He accidentally got his left hand in the blower fan and the hand was badly mashed. He was taken to Roselawn at once and Dr. Kres!er of Rensselaer was summoned. He and Dr. Rice da eased the hand and found it necessary to remove several bones from the two middle fingers. He will get along alright if nothing .else sets in, but his hand will be* pretty badly damaged.

Obituary of Mrs. W. I. Galbreath. Rosa Belle, oldest daughter of James E. and Margaret Bruner, was born in Parke county, Ind., May 13, 1864, and departed this life Feb. 15, 1912, at the age of forty-seven years, eight months and iwenty-eight days. She was united in marriage to Wm. I; Galbreath in 1 882. To this union were born twelve children, those surviving to mourn their loss are: Charles, Thomas, George, Franklin, Russel, Lee, Belnid; Charlotte, Mrs. Ida Coleman, and four grandchildren, also her husband, an aged father, three brothers and four sisters. At the age of twelve she joined the United Brethren Church and continued in the same belief until death. She was a kind neighbor, a good wife and a Loving mother until death, and leaves a host of sorrowing relatives and friends. The funeral was held at the Brushwood church ait 2 p. m., Sunday, Rev. Brock officiating. Interment made in Prater cemetery.