Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 July 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

Ai Fumiihed

by Our Regular Correspondents

MIT Item of IntereM j| from Surrounding Town* Terjely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

> MT. AYR. 1 J|_ £ (From the Pilot.) W. W. Miller drove to Kentland Monday. Born to Mr ( and Mrs. Daniel W illiams July 2. a daughter. Miss Edna Long expects to start for San Antonio, Texas, Friday. Mrs. Mahary and daughters were at Longcliff during the week to see Clarence. . Lyons shipped two car load of fine cattie Sunday and Monday followed them up with two cars of hogs. Mr. and Mrs. Leek hnd the l-itite Leek, were guests of her parents Mr. and Mrs. Otto Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Stucker of Redlands. Cal., are visiting his parents. Mr. and Mrs. Philip Stucker. also other relatives. ; Mrs. J. T. Martin went to Joliet, HE. Wednesday to visit her mother. Mrs. Robinson, also to celebrate Independence. Day. • Milo Miller returned Sunday form a three months sojourn at Gabill.j He reports the wheat crop a failureand unless the oats get a movement on thetneslves. they cannot be cut——:; short straw. .] The .:<• securing attorney has notifield c,ntractors Thompson & Smith’ that something must be done . onj the Jackson t p.- stone - roads. and. that immediately. They sub-con-j tracted to Mr. Teach, but are held by the commissioners tor the construction :of same; audits up 10' ’ hem to. hustle Mr. Teach'along. ; ' --- .1

I WOLCOTT.

(From the Enterprise.) i Born 'o Mr- and Mrs. Thomas, McHugh. Monday. July 1. a s. n. ' Miss Margaret Gangloff of Seafield was the guest Thursday nigh’ ofMiss Flossie Davis. Miss Esther Luce of South Bend, who has been-; visiting Rev. and Mrs. Moore, returned home Friday. Mr. and Mr-. Court Verkier of Fore St. 111., came Monday evening 'for a .visit with W. 11. Dixon and family. , Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Doctor and family went to Rossville Saturday for a few days visit with Mrs. Doc-j tor’s sister. j Ernest Miles. 1 who has been visiting relatives at Las Animas. Colo., the past few- months, returned home Saturday evening. Mrs. F. J. Edgar, nee Miss" Amanda Boicourt, of Eldora, lowa, has been the guest of her uncle. E. GJ Boicourt, and other relatives the past few days. Mrs. Martin McNett and son Walter went to Monticello Saturday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Thomas Spoon From Monticello Walter will go to Michigan on a prospecting trip. Miss Iva Musselman left Satur-I day morning for Peru. Ind. She 'will join .a party there for a visit, with relatives in Pennsylvania. She 1 expects to visit Niagara Falls, New, York City. Albany. Washington. D. > C, Norfolk. Va., and Cincinnati, 0.. before returning. ’

FRANCESVILLE.

(From the Tribune.) George Bond and Edward Randle were passengers to Lafayette Monday. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Low. Sunday, a daughter. This is their first born and to say they are "delighted” would be putting it mildly. Mrs. Agnes Wood, who recently lived in Gillam, writer this office to send her paper hereafter to Grimes. lowa, where they have moved from Des Moines. i Miss Myrtle Hudgens, who was operated upon at Elizabeth’s hospital last week for appendicitis, is getting along very well, everything considered, and expects to return home possibly the last of this week or the first of next. Mrs. Andrew Gangloff of Rensselaer was the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Huguet a part of last week. Mrs. Gangloff spent the winter in Texas and old Mexico, and expects to visit in California during the coiu’tg winter, where climatic conditions are more pleasant. L. W. Hubbell returned Tuesday evening from Dearborn county, 0., where he spent a week in the vicinity where he was born. He saw many familiar scenes, but says there has been so many changes in half a century that neirly all the old land marks have gone with the progress of the age. William Schleihan and family are this week moving to Valparaiso near where Mr. Schleman has recently acquired large real estate interests and the change of residence became necessary so he could superintend a large amount of Improvements he

now has under headway. He also sold his buggy business to Guy Drake who takes possession about Sept. 1.

GOODLAND

(From the Herald.) Dr. Frank Kennedy >is Spending his vacation fishing in northern Wisconsin Mrs. Zern of Ft. Wayne visited here this week with Mrs. Geo. Fleckepstien and others. - Miss Retta Boonstra of Lafayette came Wednesday evening for a -visit vith her aunt. Mrs, Pothuisje. Mrs. J. E. Kershaw of Los Angeles. Cal. is here the guest of her sister Mrs. D. R. Harper and family. Mrs, Jane McKee left Thursday morning for Washington. D. C , where she 'will make an extended visit with relatives. Mrs. Paul Schuette and little son returned, hprne Monday evening after a visit with friends and relatives at Watseka. 111. Rd ; Harper ~ and. sister Nell of Chicago visited here last week and part of this with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. R. Harpdr. J. A. Armfield and August Elbert left 'Tuesday for Texarkanka, Texas, where they will investigate the land proposition around 'her?. —, - Mr. and Mrs. Frank Waymire, who visited in Remington, passed through Goodland Wednesday- enroute for their home in Momence. Mrs. E. A. Perkins returned Saturday afternoon from Chicago where she had spent several weeks Visiting with her son Frank and family; Leona and Lorena Dunkel left Wednesday for Chicago Heights: 111., w-here they will visit with their aunt. Mrs. Joseph Rochon and family. / ' . B. A. Constable went Wednesday to Marion;. Ind., and will return with Mr- Constable who has been visiting< relatives there . the past three weeks. Mr. and Mrs, Win.Hobe came down, from Chicago Saturday morning for a short visit With the latter’s father. Paul Weishaar and other relatives. Mr. and Mrs. Win. Woodward returned to their home in Lapel. Ind . alter a week’s visit here with the former’s daughter,, Mrs. C, C. Bassett and family. Newton Waterman, who has b.een spending the past two months in the south and .southwest, passed through Goodland last Saturday enroute o his home in Chicago.

Phijfaus Poutre has purchased a fine butcher shop in North Vernon, Ind. He and his son-in-law, John Leavitt, left this week for that place to get things in readiness. Napoleon Budreau of Remington lost two valuable mares during the electrical storm last Saturday night. The two mare with colts were on pasture and they Were killed by one bolt. The horsese were insured for S4OO. < Dr. Frank Kennedy’s Ford roadster was badly demolished Tuesday night about 11 o’clock while Wm. Force and Charles Hartley were returning from Monticello. They were nearing Reynold- and looking ahead at the lights of that town. Force says, and supposed the road would run straight, but upon reaching a sharp turn to the left, they went over the embankment and the machine turned over onto them. Hartley received a bad cut on his left knee but Force escaped uninjured. The top and seat were broken loose, the radiator will have to be replaced, the lampi also were bent and glass broken and the windshield was broken into a thousand pieces. One of the boys told the writer that it required about half an hour to get the auto righted. The two left tires were blown out and after they had been mended and with the other little tire troubles it was about 3 a. m., Wednesday when they reached Goodland. Charles Hartley suffered a good deal Wednesday with his injured knee, which proved to be a bad wbund.

| MEDARYVILLE. j

(From the Advertiser.) Miss Goldie Reeves left Wednesday for a two weeks visit witn relatives at Rensselaer. Scott Lanam left last Tuesday for Rensselaer where he has accepted a position in a barber shop. W. D. Pence and family of Brook were guests of Mrs. Pence’s mother, Mrs. Joanna Long, for several days recently. Mrs. Wm. Washburn of Rensselaer was the guest of her brother, John Sebring and family, several days last week. Mrs. Elizabeth Malcom is here from Ohio for a summer’s visit with her son, J. H. Malcom, and other relatives and friends here.

John P. 'Ryan shipped a car load of cattle to Chicago last week for which he received the highest market price ever paid for cattle shipped from this point—s9.2s per 100 pounds. There is great rejoicing in the homes of Sim. E. Low and Charles Odom over the birth last Sunday of a fine daughter to Dloyd and Mrs. Low at Francesville. Grandpas Charley and 4&npson are carrying their new honor) with much dignity. At the home pf Elder E. Miller in Winamac, that gentleman officiating, last Saturday occurred the marriage of Miss Clara Ethel Weimer

to Elmer Archer, both of this place. The bride is the daughter of Daniel Weimer and the groom is a son of Mr: and Mrs. Saui’l Archer. The young couple are at present located at Newland where the groom is employed in an onion field. We wish •hem ha;'i>iness and success for the future. Relative? here received the sad news of the almost sudden death the latter part of last week of Mrs, Harry Linton, at Council Bluffs, la . together with the information that the body was on its way to Lafayette. the former home of the deceased, where it would be buried Monday afternoon. Dr. and Mrs. Linton and son Damon, and J. D. Gettinger and grandson, Milton Thomas, left for Lafayette Monday forenoon and attended the funeral in the afternoon. Deceased was a sister of Nelson F, Thomas, formerly of this place, and is herself known to a nuipber of our people, having on one' or two occasions visited here. She died of spinal meningitis.

A trio of "tourists,” son and the latter's wife, who gave their names as Howe, were up before Squire Coppess last Wednesday. The trio traveled in a covered wagon and were on their way from Terre Haute to Laporte. They had camped near the Schuyler Robinson farm in Gillam tp., Tuesday night and when ready to move on next morning, workers in the field saw the older man striking the young woman and threatening her with death if she failed to get into the wagon and Continue the journey. Mr. Robinson telephoned to town and' Marshal Cox and Constable Ballard went out there and arrt-'ed the bunch. The young woman, who is not yet sixteen. talked freely enough when away from the influence of the older Howe, the son being completely .under his control. She said that she was married to young Howe April 7. that they were on their way to Laporte, that they were out of money, that all three of them had been offered work in the onion field near Newland and which the old man refused, that the latter had often struck her, etc. But when the case came to a hearing before the Squire and.in the presence of the older Howe, both young'people "wilted..” and there was nothing to do but let them go.

NEW CENTER.

Ernest Harris was a McCoysburg goer Saturday. Glen McKinley called on A. E. Abersol Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Abe Woolsey spent Sunday with James Nixon’s. A. E. Abersol and daughter Pearl were Rensselaer goers Saturday. / Will Havens and faipily spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Rene. George Havens is visiting his daughters at Marion, Ind., this week. Branson Clark and family spent Sunday with Chas. Beaver and family. George Caster and family spent Sunday with John Ward’s of McCoysburg. Oliver Hamilton and family spent Sunday with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Hamilton. Perry Caster, wife and son Homer of Chicago Heights, who were visiting his brother George, returned home Saturday. Frank Sommers spent Saturday night and Sunday with his mother, Mrs. Rachel Sommers. Mr. and Mrs. John Rogers spent the 4th with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stinson. Miss Belle Southard, who has been visiting, her sister, Mrs. Walter Gilmore, returned home Friday.

FOUR CORNERS.

D. Bolter and wife of California have been visiting here the past week. Bessie Biggs of South Chicago and Homer Fisher of Lowell were home for the 4th. John Pinter’s condition remains the same, with improvement one day and a relapse the next. Walter Welker is sporting around in a new rig which he purchased of W. S. DeArmond of Tefft. Burrows unloaded two cars of booze last week and quite a little was carried down to Wheatfield the 4th, it is reported. Henry Hunsicker is building a new barn with the first story cement. This will be a decided improvement to his farm. The game which was to have been, played on the hdme ground between Wheatfield and Hebron Sunday was called off on account of rain. Dowle, the V. S. of No. Judson, was called the night of the 4th to dress the wounds of the horse which was injured by the automobile accident. The game at Wheatfield the 4th between the tome team and the Elliott Giants of South Bend, with the help of the umpire, the colored team was defeated by a score of 5 to 2. A few of the haymakers wCre expecting to commence' haying this week but the heavy downpour of rain Sunday has flooded the marsh and put hay-making out, of the question for several days. Sam Seegrist is now the owner of a new auto which cost $1,600. Three lots near the river were taken as part payment on which will be built a $2,000 residence large enough for four families. John Greer had an exciting time a few days ago when his horse ran away, throwing, him out, wrecking the buggy and overturning mail boxes. It was checked in its mad career by Tom Nees near the stone road. No one hurt. Rev. Downey of Fair Oaks delivered the oration at Wheatfield the 4th and, while it was out of

the/ordinary and dealt with the political situation as he saw it, it would keep one busy to tell just where he stood. But it was well received and was pronounced gooa by those who followed him. John DeArmond, driving an au'o night _of the 4th. ran. into a team belonging to the Wheatfield 1 .iy. •liven by Jerry Tilton, just east of the Van Patton schoolhouse, on the stone road. The occupants of the- buggy escaped with slight bruises but one of the horses was badly cut by the fender of the car. The team ran away and the buggy was a total wreck. The occupants of the car, we are told, were badly shaken up and a Miss Larson qf Porter county had her right arm broken and some of her teeth knocked out. The car was not greatly injured, we are told.