Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 August 1912 — News Notes of Nearby Towns [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

News Notes of Nearby Towns

As Furnished by Our Regular Correspondents

AIT Item of I uteres frem Surrounding Towns Tersely Told Chronicling the Happenings in the Territory Adjacent to thn Jasper County Metropolis

—I 1— | FRANCES VILLE. H— = 1— (From fha Tribune. > Miss Ethel Hermansen of Chicago is visiting with her parents northwest of town. Adolph Onken purchased a Ford touring car through the L. W. Hub-1 bell agency last week. Miss Doris Petra left to-day fori Brazil, where she will be the guest of Miss Hazel Whitaker. The ladies of the Catholic church will give a general supper in Fran- ; cesville on Saturday, August 17. Misses Ocie Coffel and Elsie Hu-: guet were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. John Weise at Reynolds, over Sunday. . .

George Stephen heifer of Barrington, ,m„ returned home Monday, after a visit of a*few days with Mr. and Mrs. Knox Lehman. Mr.' and Mrs. Guthrie Fitzpatrick have returned from Pagman tl Assn., Canada, where they have been located for several months. Fred Gudeman, of Roanoke. Joseph Lehman of Matamora, and Sam Shumaker of Eureka. 111., were here this week on business. Mrs. Omar Denges and two chil-1 dren of Indianapolis, came Monday evening for a visit of a week or more with her mother, Mrs. E. Daseke. Misses Carrie Garling, Mary Schultz and Idg Maxwell went to Ambia yesterday moriiing where they are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. J. V. Kelly. , ,' J Mrs. John Drury was called here from Michigan City on account of the serious illness of her sister, Mrs. Thomas Garrigan, who is now gradually growing weaker with but little hope of recovery. Fred McGee, who had both legs broken on the Charles Weaver place southwest of town more than two months ago while operating a stump puller, returned yesterday. He is able to be around on crutches. Thomas Watson, who moved to Forest, 111., this spring has decided to return here again and live on

the old home place, which is now occupied by Christ Huppert. Christ will move onto the H W Bledsoe farm northwest of town.

Blamed a Good Worker. “I blamed my heart for severe distress in my left side for two years. ' writes W. Evans. Danville, Va.. ’’but I know now it was iriigestion. as Dr. King’s New Life Pills completely cured me.” Besc tor stomach, liver and kidney troubles, constipation, headache or debility. 25c at a. F. Long’s.

* GOODLAXD (From th« Herald.) Mrs. Elmer Hall, of Kewanee. Ind.., is the guest of John Hall and :amily this week. Roy Hooker visited his friend, Frank Jackson,, at Francesviße, last Friday and Saturday. Irvin Zero, of Ft. Wayne, was Ja guest this week at the Frank Weishaar home, north of town. Mr. and Mrs. John Nelson and children of Lafayette, are the guests •his week of Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Keene. Mts. Mill Thomas, of Chicago, came down Saturday for aip. extended visit with her mother, Mrs. Marion James. Mrs. Ben Davidson left Monday evening for Berkley, Cal., for an extended visit with her daughter, Mrs. Charles Cox. Mr. and Mrs. Mitteg, bf Nicollet, Minn., spent a week's visit here with their daughter, Mrs. Louis Kruger, and family. j Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Rich returned Sunday from a few days trip in Michigan, and a visit with relatives at Kankakee, 111. j Ora and §tella Brubaker, of Dunn, Ind., visited here Saturdey and Sunday with thefr (cousins, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Hoover, and fami|iy. Mr. and Mrs. M\ E Mitten left this Friday "morning for a two weeks I vacation They will visit in Philadelphia, New York City and Atlantic City.

Mr. and Mrs. John Runyon and the former's mother, Mrs. Mary Runyon, of Kours, Ind., autoed here Thursday for a visit with Mrs. Runyon's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph ! Louette. Emory (ocstantine left Monday | for St. Eui-Lsche, Canada, where ho wsH spend s few weeks visiting his old familiar barefoot thauiits. He has ordered the Herald to foLiw him in u“der that he may keep posted ce *ie “doins ’ in old Newton Mrs. Etta Godfrey and daughter, Irene, of Joliet, ID., and Mrs.

Phoebe Peck-man and daughter. Catherine, of Merona. X. Y.. visited here la.t week and this with their kroner, Joseph Laing. and wife. In another column, A. J. Spinney of this city, makes his announcement as candidate for sheriff of Newton county on the democratic ticket. Art is a good democrat and well deserves the support of bis friends. Moses Barney has traded his residence property in Goodiand in part payment for an eighty acre farm, near Kniman. Ind. The farm has thirty-five acres of good timber and is well improved. Consideration S6O per acre. A. C. Tedford received word last Saturday that his lister. Mrs. J. M. Tedford. of Albta. lowa, had arrived at the home of his brother, B. F., in idaviile, and Sunday morning he left for that place and visited with his sister, whom he had not seen in fifteen years. A. S. Jones of the Lee Pharmacv, Chico, Cal., who has handled Foley & Co’s, medicines for many years, says: “I consider that Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has no equal, and is the one cough medicine I can recommend as containing no narcotics or other harmful properties.” The genuine in a yellow package.—A. F. Long.

I MEDARYVILLE. , (From th« Advertiser.) Miss Fern Parker left yeiterday for a visit with friends in'lndiana'polis ad Noblesville. Mrs. Rachel Scott, of Rensselaer, arrived here Tuesday evening for a visit with relatives. Mr. and Mrs. George D. Prevo left Monday evening for a week's outing at Winona Lake. Miss Olyvia Evans, of Missouri, is the guest of here grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Alexander Hamilton. Miss Anna Strantz, of Lafayette Jis Visiting with her sister, Mrs’ Mrs. John W. Selmer, and with Mrs John Richardson. Mr. and Mrs. R. L. P. Massey {visited with the former's epster.,’ Grandma Antrim, at Rensselaer, several days last week Squire and Mrs. Calvin Coppess returned Tuesday evening from a two week's visit with sisters and brothers of the former at Stanwood, and Walnut, lowa.

Mrs. Mort Prevo arrived here last Monday from Caldwell, Idaho, for an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. T. L. Smith, and other relatives here. We are pleased to report that Dr. Linton has recovered from his recent attack of illness and has been able to attend to his practice for the past several days. Mrs. Aphia Hackley, of, Derry, Pa., and daughter, Mrs. Brown, of Bloomington, 111., whose guest she has been for some time, arrived here Monday evening for a visit with her son, and the latter’s brother, Dr. R. P. Hackley, and family, and Other relatives.

.Mr. and Mrs. McKendrie G. Faris of Custer, Wash., are expected to arrive here for a two week’s visit with their relatives this coming week. Mr. Faris, who is an immigration officer in the government employ, has been making an official trip to New York, accompanied by his wife, and on their return from there will stop off here as stated Robert W. Herter; Lawrenceville, Mo., who had been bothered with kidney trouble for two years, says: “I tried three different kinds of kidney pills but with no relief. My neighbor told me to *use Foley Kidney Pills, I took , three bottles of them, and got a permanent cure. I recommend them to everybody.”— A. F. Long.

MT. AYR. j (Prom the Pilot.) ' Foster Brunton’s oats turned 61 bushel to the acre. D. A. Dirst and wife, Harry Elijah and wife spent Sunday with Air. and Mrs. Ed. Long. Mrs Gundy and son, of Fair Oaks, Were guests of Mrs. Lambert, between trains Thursday. While J. R. Aliller's house is! undergoing repairs, the family are camping in t£e opera house. The stork called at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Schanlaub, and left a daughter, during the week. Sixteen cars of stone arrived for the construction company the first of the week and more is arriving daily. Johnie Gorman of Morocco, Miss Caroline Dowling of Kentland, and Miss Mary Burns of near this place, visited Mrs Mabel Burns Monday. Mr. Bales of Goodiand, was up Friday watching carpenters Sayler and Penwright stand lumber on end on the new sheds at the lumber and coal yards. Jasper Makeever was at Kentland Monday on business connected with the Holly ditch, before the commissioners Alonday. ’ ‘’Jap,” as he is familiarly called, is a good fighter, when he knows he is in the right. The Johnson ditch occupied the attention of the county solons Alonday. and attracted quite a number of Iroquois township's populace. William Johnson from here was in the melee shoe top deep. It passed the board with slight alteration. Harry Elijah was appointed assistant superintendent of the gravel road. The construction company are running a team gang on short hauls also a traction crew on the long hauls and superintendent Dirst with "Dora” could not keep up with both ends of the string. Mr. and Mrs. John Bridgeman, of Missouri Valley, la., who spent a number of days visiting their nephews, John, William, and George Brown, and their niece, Airs. Ed. Long, and other acquaintences, took their departure Mojiday via Kentland for their Western home.