Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

. ■ V As Furnished by Oik Regular Correspondents

MTT Item of latere* Ji frcm Surrounding Town* Tersely Told Chronicling the Happening* in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

| NEWLAND. —i- 1— Harry Beebe was at McCoysburg Monday. Fred Ballard is working for .Bert Hale,. jiWork on the onion storage has begun. Harry Ballard and children called on Bert Hale and family Sunday. Mrs. W. T. Hankins of McCoysburg visited Mrs. G. M. Beebe Saturday. Mrs. Vine and Misses Florence and Effie Wolfe called on Mrs. G. M. Beebe Sunday. Many of the boys around Gifford and Newland are going to the west to work through harvest. Misses Emma and Louisa Dahncke returned home Monday, accompanied by Mrs. G. M. Beebe, whom they had visited last week.

MILROY. I —I : : I Mrs. Geo. Wood was in Lee Monday. ■ ' Dan and Lon’ Chapman went to Lee Tuesday. Oliver Hamilton’s visited I. Hamilton’s Monday. Mr. Boon of lowa is visiting his brother, V. J. Boon. Wm. and Vern Culp sold cattle to Bruce Brown Monday. George Beaver and family called on Mrs. Anna Chapman and family Sunday. Mrs. Mary McCashen and Miss Etta called on Miss Laura Clark Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. George Foulks spent Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCashen. Miss Edna Wheeler of Wolcott spent Saturday with G. L. Parks and family. Mrs. Geo. Wood is suffering with one of her feet. Dr. Clayton is treating her. Rev. Telto will preach at the church Sunday after Sunday school. Everybody come and hear him. C. J. Boon and family and Mr. Boon’s brother and Geo. Foulks and family ate ice-cream with W. I. Bivans Saturday evening. Mrs. Mary McCashen and Miss Etta and Mrs. George Foulks ate dinner Monday with Mrs. Joseph Clark, and in the afternoon visited the Osborn cemetery where a monument was eercted to the graves of the late Mr. and Mrs. D. Z. Clark.

FAIR OAKS. Rev. Downey filled his regular appointment in the M. E. church Sunday eve. F. R. Erwin got on a carload of coal the first of the week for threshing purposes. Mrs. Thomas Fay and daughter of Parr visited at J. C. Thompson’s between trains Tuesday. Owing to the rainy weather the oats harvest will extend over into next week in these parts. Walter McConnell and family attended the Wallace & Hagenbeck show at Kankakee last Thursday. Miss Pansy 1 Bozell came up. from Rensselaer Saturday evening and spent the night and Sunday with home folks. - Mrs. Fross, ■, whose health has been very poorly for some time, is still in a bad condition, not much improvement.

Mrs. Thompson visited her aunt, Mrs. Price, over on Nubbin Ridge the latter part of the week. She reports her being very poorly. Mrs. Cottingham’s three sisters, Mrs. Burns of Battleground, Mrs. Harmon of Idaho, and Mr. and; Mrs. Camies of California are visiting here this week. The pickle season is now open and the pickle Co. begun taking them in the middle Of the week, but owing -to the cool weather they are not coming on very fast. The series of meetings which have been going on in the Christian church the past ten days, came to a close Wednesday evening with two accessions to the church. Rev. Wickem addressed a good sized house full of men Sunday at 3 p. m., . in the Christian church, which was very interesting and full of truths from start to finish. M e have been having considerable rain the past few days which makes harvesting a drag. Monday eve at about 3:30 we were visited by ‘ a very heavy downpour oL rain and hail and a pretty strong wind. The bail cut the watermelons badly on Mr. Sawin’s farm. Mrs. Gundy went over to Momence the first of the week to see her daughter, Mrs. William Cottingham, who was reported very sick, but on arriving there found her all right. She brought home with her Tuesday her younger daughter Ruth who has been staying there. H. B. Harris of Pembroke, with his famly were driving to church Sunday evening when their team started to run away, and threw Mrs. Harris out and injured her so she is confined to her home since. They again run away Tuesday evening .with Mr. Harris and hurt hftn considerably.

| UNION. Edward Ogle delivered hogs at Parr Thursday. Haying is in full blast, thmt is, between showers. Mrs. W. C. Faylor was a Fair Oaks visitor Thursday. Mrs. B. D. Comer and daughter Miss Marie were in Rensselaer Monday. Miss Olga Schreeg of Parr visited a few days this w'eek with Miss Lena Schultz. Chauncey Dexter and Lewis Miller attended the dance at Virgie Saturday night. Julius Schultz and family took dinner with his brother, A. R. Schultz Sunday. Adolph Schultz is doing carpenter work on A. Krueger's new house. It will soon be ready to occupy. Edward Ogle has been having quite a serious time. One of his feet became swollen and has caused him considerable pain. Misses Helen Meader and Josie Dexter gave a picnic to several of their friends Sunday evening. A fine time is reported by all. Storms and showers are daily occurrences. There was quite a hail storm about a mile south of Virgie Tuesday afternoon, but it only covered a narrow strip.