Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1914 — All Over The County [ARTICLE]

A ll Over The County

Mr. and Mrs. Guss Merritt t ent Tuesday and Wednesday at Goodland. Miss Nettie Price of Rensselaer, spent Thanksgiving with Miss Alice Jones. Miss Myrte Ford went to Chicago Monday to enter a hospital to become a nurse. • Mr. and Mrs. John Shuey spent several day? last week wuth relatives in Wolcott. •Mrs. Dudley Tyler has been quite sick with pneumonia but is some improved now. ' Mr. and Mrs. John McCollough o. Lafayette, were Thanksgiving visitors at the old home. Marion Sutherland of Milford, i f ilk, has been spending the week with his grandmother, Mrs. Fannie Parks. Miss Lina Luckey is spending the week with her sister, Mrs. William Puckett, and family in West Lafayette. Miss Fay Irwin, who is teaching in the high school at Greentown, Ind., spent Thanksgiving vacation at home. Mrs. Cyrus Rice returned Tuesday from Indianapolis, where she had taken her daughter, Ruth, back to school. Miss Irene Balcom. who is teaching in the Covington schools, came home Thursday morning to spend Thanksgiving. Mrs. J. Zinser of El Paso, 111., came Wednesday to visit her daughter, Mrs. Dudley Tyler, and son, Harvey Zinser. C H. Peck started Monday eve ning for Ashville, N. Y., to see his brother, Ed, who is reported to not be at all well. Arthur Hawn and family of Logansport, came out Saturday for a couple days’ visit with his mother and friends here. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Taber of Wabash, spent Thanksgiving and a few days with her daughter, Mrs. Homer Lambert, and family. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Groves and baby of Monticello, are spending the week here with her parents, Mr and Mrs. George Bartee. Mr. and Mrs. L. B. Elmore are away on a visiting expedition ana will visit at various places, being gone a month or so. Nightwatchman Zimmerman still continues to be confined to his home by sickness. His trouble now seems to be with his stomach.

Charles Beal and daughter, Ruth, of Crawfordsville, came Thursday evening to spend a few days with his mother and sister, Mrs. Ira Grant. Mrs. Clark Bartee and daughter, Elizabeth, of Lafayete, came Tuesday and spent Thanksgiving with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Broadie. Father and Mother Smalley, R. 0. Smalley and family of Sheldon, Miss Caul and Ethel-.Smalley of Ambia, spent Thanksgiving with W. C. Smalley and family. Charlie Wier left Tuesday for Rochester, Minn., to undergo an operation for his stomach trouble. Mrs. Wier is recuperating nicely from hei recent operation for goiter. Mrs. Charles Weir returned Thursday evening from Rochester, Minn., where she underwent an operation for goiter several weeks ago, and is reported as doing very nibeiy. Bert Edwards drove through to Milford, 111., last week with four of Ed Sutherland’s horses. Ed has purchased a restaurant in Milford, and has a fine location and good prospects. Mr. and Mrs. O. J. Conrad and family of Indianapolis, spent Thanksgiving with Dr. and Mrs. H. Landon. Mr. Conrad is a son of a former Remington girl. Miss Jessie Mclntyre. “ Mrs. Miller and daughter, Dallas, moved Monday into the new cottage recently built on John Jordan's lots. Mrs. Rose Grubbs and family will move into the Lewis property, vacated by Mrs. Miller. Lowell Townsend and friend Nay Smith of Urbana, 111., came Wednesday to spend Thanksgiving witL the former’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mm. Tow’nsend. Both are instructors ip the University of Illinois. Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Mike Feeler, Saturday, Nov. 28, a daughter; to Mr. and Mrs. Ed Weller, Sunday, Nov. 29, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Tyler, Tuesday, Nov. 24, a son; to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Seifert, Monday, Nov. 30, a son. Mrs. W. L. Gumm entertained Mrs. O. P. Taber of Wabash, and Mrs. Ida Coover of Denver, Colo., at a house party, Tuesday and Wednesday, at her beautiful new home in the south part of town. They were old friends of Mrs. Gumm’s. L. S. Alter received word Tuesday that his brother, B. F. Alter, at Forrest, Ind., Clinton county, who has been very sick for a long time with Bright’s disease, was very low and nort likely to last many days. He went to his brother’s bedside Wednesday morning. Edward Capes and family returned here last week after a residence of several years at Athol, S. Dak. He has rented the Charles Burling place, on which he used to live, and will remove there next year. He is now living in town. He states that

he likes Dakota all right, but the uncertainty of the crops is what has caused him to return to this state. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ott and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Broadie left Saturday night for New York state to investigate conditions, with a view to locating there in the spring. Mr. and Mrs. Clark Bartee of Lafayette, are looking after the home during Mr. and Mrs. Broadie’s absence. Mr. and Mrs. Dale Bowman entertained the Ezra Bowman family at a reunion Sunday. The whole family consisting of Mr. and Mrs. Ezra Bowman of this place, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Bowman and Mr. and Mrs, John Bowman of Monticello, Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Peck and Mrs. Maude Helvie of this place were present and spent a most delightful day together, Charles Bartlett of Elwood, is here this week visiting his sister, Mrs. W. T. Elmore, before his departure for the south. Charley is an old 'Remington boy and finds many congenial spirits among his old acjuaintances. He has been working in the tin plate mill at Elwood, but has recently decided to go to Florida where he will locate for the present. His household effects are now on their way south and he will leave the latter part of the week for a point near Tampa. Another change in the ownership of a business building in Remington took place the latter part of the week. This transaction was for the sale of Charles Denham’s section or the old exchange block, including the store room not occupied by him and the residence rooms above. The purchaser of this property is J. A. Hensler, who will use the lower room for his meat market and rent out the ones above. He is also arranging to start a grocery business in connection with his meat market in the room. This will make an ideal room for his purpose, and is a good safe proposition. Mr. Denham has not settled as to what he will continue doing but will close out his stock as rapidly as possible. R. Lowell Bowman, son of Mr. and Mrs. I. J. Bowman, of this vicinity, was married at the home of the bride, Miss Myrtle Pearce, at Lowell, Ind. The ceremony took place at high noon on Wednesday, Nov. 25, in the presence of only near relatives. Rev. Charles Filer, of the I'nited Presbyterian church, pronounced the ceremony. The bride is well and favorably known here, where she has visited at the home of James Hamilton, and is a very estimable young lady. Lowell has been raised here and is a very fine young man. His sister, Mrs. G. W. Turley, of this place, was present at the ceremony. The newly married pair took a short wedding trip after which they spent a few days in Remington, leaving Sunday night for Linden, Ind., where they will settle down to housekeeping, and where the groom is employed.

GOODLAND. [From The Herald.] Mrs. Clara Stryker of Remington, is helping at the Carpenter Sisters & Co.’s store during the holidays. John Morman of Washington, la., visited the first of the week with his nephew, T. E. Handley, and family. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Cord at Papoleonville, La., Nov. 15. Mrs. Ford was formerly Miss Leithel Patton of this place. Miss Sybella Bard of Donovan. 111., visited here last week and part of this with her aunt, Mrs. Frank Weishaar, and family. Mrs. Mary Lovett returned home Tuesday evening after spending several weeks with her son, Justin, and family a t Huntington, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. G. P. Racine and little son, Wesley, of Wilmette, 111., spent Thanksgiving here the guests of Mrs. Racine’s sister, Mrs. J. G. Kinneman, and family. John Kelley was over from Monon, the first of this week. John thinks Goodland is the best town in Indiana and wants to move back— If he can find a farm to locate on. E. A. Peck underwent a successful operation for gall stones at the Culver hospital in Crawfordsville, Ind., this week. Dr. Batcus was the surgeon. Mr. Peck is getting along nicely. Mrs. Cal Nicholson of Lyons, Ind., and Mrs. Hugh Ross of Manteno, 111., returned 'home Wednesday after spending several weeks here during the illness and death of their father, Harvey Crain. Mrs. Wes Butler, Thomas Butler and Hai’ry Butler, Jr., of Avilla, Ind., came Monday to be at the bedside of the former’s mother, Mrs. Henry Butler, who has been quite sick with stomach trouble, but who is better at this time. Harvey Levant J t Crain, son of Charles and Frances Crain, was born near Morris, 111., Sept. 26, 1848, and died at Goodland, Nov. 29, 1914. He came with his parents to Goodland in 1 864, where he has since resided. December 22, 1871, he was united in marriage with Miss Sophia Pooley, who died Feb. 8, 1911. To this union was born four children: Mrs. Mabel Nicholson, Lyons, Ind.; Charles Crain, Goodland; Mrs. Gertrude Kendall, Foresman; and Daisy Ross, of Manteno, 111. Mr. Crain was one of a family of three children. The brother,- Reuben Crain, of Remington, Ind., and the sister, Mrs Della Nichols, of Pittsburg, Kan? are still living, August 29, 1912, he was married to Anna Crago, who still survives him. This community was caused to feel sad when the sad news was given out Saturday that one of our citizens, S. R. Johnson, had passed early that day after a few days’ ill-

neee of heart trouble. Samuel Robinson Johnson was born in Wickland, Rhode Island, Sept. 15, 1839, and died at his home in Goodland, Nov. 28, 1914, at 1 o’clock a. m„ aged 75 years, 2 months and 13 days. In 18Q9 Mr. Johnson came to Illinois, and July 8, 1871 was married to Miss Frances Thornton, of Morris, 111., who survives him. Here he settled upon a farm and lived until 1892, when he moved with his family to near Kentland, from 1 whence he removed to. near Goodland and has resided here since. Ten children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Johnson, all dying in infancy excepting Jay 8., and Mrs. Wallace Creek of Villa Grove, HL, and John, W., of west of town, who were present at his death and funeral. The funeral was held from the residence' on Prairie avenlie, at 2 o’clock Sun- 1 day afternoon, and was very largely I attended. Kentland Lodge, Damon, I No. 72, K. of P., joined with the' Goodland lodge in the services, as did the Odd Fellows, and about 1 one hundred and fifty knights and Odd Fellows marched to the home and were taken to the cemetery in automobiles, where the funeral rites of the orders were observed.

ROSELAWN. J. T. Bess was a Lowell visitor Saturday. Mrs. Lida Conger was visiting friends at Lowell Monday. Wm. Parks and wife of near Conrad, were shopping in Roselawn Monday. V. D. McCord is building a large barn for Jacob Walgama, near Lake Village. Burgess Rice was a sick boy Sunday, but was able to attend school Monday. Jos. Adams and wife of Chicago, visited at the farm west of town over Sunday. Mary Jane Phillips visited with Jeanette Crooks from Saturday until Monday at Rensselaer. Editor Bowie of the Review, failed to make his Monday visit at Roselawn owing to sickness. Ross Born, former R. R. agent here and now located at Cook, Ind., was a Roselawn visitor Monday. Mr. McCord’s children, who have been confined to their home .with a mild form of scarletina, are much better at this time. Pat Dean and Hyland Weaver were Rensselaer visitors Sunday night returning home Monday morning. Must be getting serious boys. Rev. Postill was a busy man Sunday teaching a Sunday school class, preaching the morning sermon and performing a marriage ceremony. Mr. Arthur Korth and Miss Grace Lock were united in marriage Sunday noon at the home of the bride’s brother, Mr. and Mrs. Collins Lock. The bride and groom are both well and favorably known in the community and have the best wishes of a host of friends.

BROOK. [From The Reporter.] Miss Madeline Ramp spent the week’s end with her parents at Rensv selaer. Miss Ruth Little spent her vacation with relatives and friends in Chalmers. Miss Orpha Collier spent Thanksgiving vacation with relatives and friends in Knox. Miss Kathryn Shields of Morocco, visited over** Thanksgiving at the Bourklund home. Miss Gladys Reed of Kentland, was a guest at the home of her aunt, Mrs. Anna Reed, over Sunday. Harold and Laverne Staton, who are attending St. Joseph college at Rensselaer, spent Thanksgiving with relatives here. Miss Francis Shand of Goodland, visited the school in Brook Monday, that being the visiting day for the Goodland school. James Bell of Galveston, Ind., is visiting at the home of Fred Merchant this week. Mr. Bell is a brother of Mrs. Merchant. Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Lowe ol Chicago, came Wednesday evening and are spending the rest of the w eek with relatives here. Miss Grace Reed came home from Greencastle, where she is attending school to spend a few days vacation with home folks. The Misses Harriet Brown and Ruth Lemasters of Goodland, were guests of Gertrude and Letha Weishaar Friday and Saturday. J. A. Coan has sold his residence in west Brook to Dick Light. He gives possession about the first of March. Mr. Coan has not decided just where he will move. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Beagley returned Friday from a few days spent in Chicago. While on the trip Mr. Beagley went on into Michigan and took a look at the country. The basket ball game on Thanksgiving night resulted in a victory for Goodland by a score of 21 to 16 This is the first game for the Brook bunch and they made a game effort for the short experience they have had. Better luck next time boys. George Myers of Chicago, was here visiting his brother, Howard, this week. He went to Rensselaer on Wednesday where he is negotiating for the Clark interest in the telephone exchange at that place and if he secures this will make his home in Rensselaer in the future. Squire Hawkins refused to hold Roy Clinton and Mann Tabor on the charge of taking a'keg of wine from the house of Earl Douty on Thanksgiving night and dismissed the defendants from custody. . Herman Rogers represented the defendants and Attorney Longwell the prosecution. . On Wednesday morning occurred the death of Mrs. Jane Hyberger. She had been living with her son, .Willis Hyberger, and has been an invalid for many years. She was a woman 67 years of age and made her home in Brook where she bought property about ten years ago. The funeral was held at the residence bn Thursday at 1 :15 p. m., and ser-