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

A» Furnished by Out Regular Correspondents

MIT Item of Intern j| frcm Surrounding Town« Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to the Jasper County Metropolis

PINE GROVE. | —I Roy Torbet was a Rensselaer goer Tuesday. Elmer Shroyer spent Sunday with Ira Daniels. Ida Hurley spent Sunday with her folks at Parr. Mrs. Rachel Price is some better at this writing. Clint Beck and family and Bluford Torbet and wife called on Bert Hale and family Sunday evening. Those that spent Sunday with Bert Hale and family were Harry Ballard and family of Newland and Harry Beck and family. Mrs. Crate Cragun and daughter and Chloae Torbet spent Monday with the latter's sister, Mrs. Harry Beck ar.d family. Mrs. Crate Cragun and daughter of Indianapolis came Saturday for a several weeks visit with-friends, and relatives here. Several from this vicinity attended the funeral of Chester Shields of Indiana Harbor at the Sandridge cemetery Tuesday. Harry Gifford and family went to Herscher. 111.. Tuesday to attend I the golden wedding of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Stevens. John Baker and family went up near the Comer school house huckelberrying Tuesday and Wednesday, and reported quite a few berries there.

~i -|— LEE. | _| Q. A. Jacks and wife visited Sunday at Mr. Percival’s. Mrs. Stiers spent Wednesday with her sister Mrs. Ola Randis. Little, Eva Creel is slowly improving, and speaks a few words. Miss Leavel of Rensselaer spent Sunday here with Miss Ethel Jacks. Glen and Gail Culp are working for Elmer Gilmore putting up hay. Miss Kate Wood of Monon visited relatives and friends here during the week. Miss Prichard of Indianapolis visited Mrs. C. A. Holeman a few days this week. Orval Holeman and family of Rensselaer spent a few days here this week visiting relatives. Mrs. Fred Stiers and granddaughter,. Miss Agnes, who have been on a visit, returned Tuesday. Wednesday afternoon, July 31, occurred the wedding of Harold LaMar and Miss Verda Lewis at the home of the bride’s mother at this place. G. A. Jacks has his new house plastered and it will soon be complete and ready for occupancy. The Randle property they now occupy, is rented to Roy Stfers and wile. Those that took dinner Sunday with J. H. Culp and family were Mrs. C. A. Holeman and three sons, Ray, Asa and Orval and their families and Elmer Gilmore and family.

FOUR CORNERS. I —| ————- _ J John Pinter of Wheatfield continues in the same condition; no change of any note. The north end of Jasper is too wet either for hay making or thrashing. If this weather continues the oats, which are now badly damaged, w’ill be entirely ruined. The Goshen Bridge Co., who had the contract for putting in three bridge oyer the Miller and Fisher laterals of the R. E. Davis ditch, Will have their work completed within a few days. Lee Fisher and wife visited home folks over Sunday. They returned to Otterbein Tuesday afternoon. Lee has been attending school at Chicago. and his wife visiting her parents in Grand Rapids, Mich. Erain Davis and wife were made the recipients of a new girl Saturday. They surely are following Teddy’s advise, and Dr. Solt should not a kick for the hurry-up calls ho long as one is following a Teddy crank idea. W. H. Marble is having all kinds of trouble with his dry land dredge. After replacing the old boiler with a new one he has been continually break other parts of the dredge, which keeps the boys idle more than halt the time. The Democrat has made an unpardonable mistake- in reporting as delegate to the Bull Moose convention as J. B. DeArmond of Tefft. We wish to inform the people that J. B’e. brain is yet on balance and so far as we can judge there are no

wheels missing or side-draft noticeable. You sure have the wrong man named. (We beg J. B’s. pardon. We should have said, W. S. DeArmond.—Ed,} Lon Neese met with a serious accident Saturday when near the Van Patton school house. His team ran away,, throwing him out and breaking his leg. He crawled west to the Davis corner where an automobile picked him up and took him to his home in Wheatfield where the fracture was reduced, and at this time he is resting easy. His little babe was taken seriously ill the following Monday and is at this time a very sick child. We are of the opinion that our commissioners should appoint some one to oversee the erection .of bridges which are being placed -over the different ditches in Jasper county, furnish them a copy of the contract; let them be on the job as much of the time as may be necessary to insure justice to the taxpayers who are vitally interested, and to be paid for his labor out of the county funds. It is asking too much to ask that the township pay for overseeing county work. We are satisfied that this bridge building needs looking after.