Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1915 — All Over The County [ARTICLE]

All Over The County

MILROY. Charles Beaver is on the sick list at this writing. Earl Foulks visited the Greenlee family Tuesday night. Mrs. Sam Griffith was in Monon Monday afternoon. Miss Louise Marchand is working for Mrs. Griffith in Monon. (Henry Gdble of Monon, is spending the week with G. Foulks’. I Charles Marchand and Vern Culp were in Monon Monday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Oliver Hamilton and children took dinner Sunday with G. Foulks’. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Marchand and Miss Irene were in Monon Saturday afternoon. Earl Foulks and Martha Clark attended preaching at Lee Sunday and ate dinner with Creighton Clarks’. Frank Scipo is confined to his bed, suffering intensely with rheumatism. Dr, Stuart is in attendance. Mr. Klien’s shipped their goods to their new home in Michigan Tuesday. Mrs. Klien spent Tuesday night with Wm. Garvin’s. Homer iSamsel of Queene, Ind., who preached here some years ago, will preach again Sunday at 11 a. m., at at 7:30 p. m. Everyone invited. Sunday school at 10 a. m.

NESIUS SETTLEMENT.

Raymond Roy was in Rensselaer Friday. 'Brook Lewis was a Rensselaer goer Thursday. Frank Nesius was a Remington goer Saturday. Mr. and Mirs. Matt Nesius were Rensselaer goers Saturday. Barney Stein helped Matt Nesius in butchering a beef Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stein called on Mr. and Mrs. Barney Stein Wednesday. Mrs. Dave Waymire and son, Ray, called on Mr. and Mrs. Matt Nesius Sunday. John Nesius, who has been Quite sick, is improving very well at this writing. Tom Stein and Matt Nesius assisted Barney Stein in butchering Wednesday. Misses Emma and Francis Nesius ate Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. John Nesius. Mr. and Mrs. Barney Stein called on Mr. and Mrs. Mast Nesius Thursday evening. The dance at Barney Stein’s was well attended Tuesday night and all reported a fine time. Mr. and "Mrs, Joe Wagner ,ate Sunday dinner with Mr. and Mrs. Criswell, the latter’s parents. • Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Nesius of Rensselaer, called on their son, Mr. and Mrs. John Nesius, Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Tony Nesius and daughter, Lucille, spent Sunday with

Mr. and Mrs. John Nesius and family. Mrs. Barney Stein and daughter, Mary, called on Mrs. Dave Shumaker, who was very sick with pneumonia and died Monday night. Fred Wagner and sister, Anna, were in Rensselaer Saturday to see their brother-in-law, Mike Kuboski, was was quite sick with pneumonia.

' ' DEMOTTE.

John Bowie of Wheatfield, was in Demotte Tuesday. Shredding is a thing of the past. Gleason pulled in his shredder last week. Superintendent Cook of the C. F. Clanssen & Sons Pickle Co., was In Demotte last Wednesday. John F. Bruner of Rensselaer, was on our streets Wednesday, looking after Mrs. Troxell’s business. It has been rumored that Mrs. Sparling is going to build a fine house on the property she bought of True S. Spencer. Trustee Fairchild has a new wagon to haul children from tho southeast Part of the township to the town school, and it is a fine one, too. “Dutch” White has ordered the lumber for a new building in which he intends to start a restaurant. Good thing, Mr. White. Push it along. “Dad” Beamer sold his horse to Groshan’s father-in-law, Mr. Rupvogle, and “Dad” is going on a Visit to Chicago, Wisconsin and lowa. Don’t be gone long, “Dad.” Dan Waymire was pulled in from south of town a day or two ago, as one of the wheels of his car was completely broken. A Ford pulled him in, but you have no idea how the Ford looked when they got here.

FAIR OAKS. Health continues quite good in our town. The Rev. Van Ornion of Shelby, will begin meetings in the Christian church next Sunday. V. G. Boyle has been cutting and sawing stove wood on the Stahl land and now has 25 or 30 cords for sale. The new owner of the Ed Fawley lots 'was here a few days ago and looked over and sized up his new property. The photo drama of Creation was pulled off at the Gundy Hall as advertised, and furnished quite a bit of interest. Charley Vondersmith. who has been batching out on his new farm and cutting wood, went down home to Brook the first of the week. Frank Hooper, who has lived on Joe Gaines farm south of Mt. Ayr, the past two years, has moved over near Virgie, on the Hopkins farm, for the coming season. • " It is reported that Walter Wiseman, who is associated with the International Bible School of Chicago, was married to a lady up about Wheatfield Tuesday. They stayed Tuesday night at T! J. Marlatt’s. The rains and moderated .weather of the firsts of the week took about all of the snow and ice off the ground, but Wednesday afternoon we were visited with another snow storm and gave us about three inches more snow. •

It seems as» if the new president of the Monon route, is going to make it hard hoeing for the employes on their road. Many in these parts are looking at it as a politicaFTrameup. They say there is a freight train runs about every hour over this division. Just notice the political calamity here? P Jack Umphrees, Jr., had a pretty exciting experience a few days ago while driving Walter Downes’ horse and buggy to Roselawn. The horse became frightened at an automobile, and whirled around in the road and upset the buggy, throwing Jack out and ran away. Jack wasn’t hurt but the buggy was a complete wreck. '• T. W. Johnston, with a couple of other students from the Moody Institute, closed their series of meetings at the school house Saturday night, and it was the most successful meeting that has been held in Fair Oaks for a number of years. There were twenty-two came forward and claimed conversion. The Lord can work and none can hinder. The meetings at Will Warne’s closed Tuesday evening with twelve or fourteen conversions.

LEE

Mrs. Cora Stiers was sick during the past week with tonsilitis. Mr. and Mrs. Warren spent Sunday with Wm. Walker and wife. Mrs. Win. Culp and son, True, •were at Uncle David Culp’s Wednesday. O. A. Jacks and wife spent Sunday in Monon with his sister, Mrs C E Tyner. Miss Cora Noland goes each Tuesday to> Rensselaer to have dental work done. Mr. and Mrs. Fred Stiers have returned from a visit with their daughter in Kankakee, 111. We are proud of our church and Sunday school. There were 22 young men in their class last Sunday. George Hoult and wife and Asa (Holeman and family went fxnm church Sunday to Mrs. C. A. Holeman’s for dinner. Miss Irene Gray, the teacher, wassick Monday, and a lady from Monon taught -in her place, but Irene was able to come Tuesday. Rev. Olin Stewart of Montmorenci, and brother, Rollin, of near Lafayette, were here Sunday with their parents, their mother being very poorly.

| Parker and sons Saturday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. William .Pollock Joseph Polleck. * Miss Hattie McCurtain spent Sunday with home folks. Miss Alvina Ritter is working for j Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph Ritter. Mr. and .Mrs, Greeley Comer were Rensselaer goers Friday. Several from this' vicinity attended the show at Gifford Friday evening, \ , Mrs. Rex Ott and son called on Orpna and Myrtle Parker Mondav Mr. and Mrs. William Polleck called on Mr. and Mrs. James Myers Wednesday. .Mr. and Mrs. John Price spent Sunday afternoon with Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Parker. Ihe house in which Jim Pierson lived was destroyed by fire about nine o’clock Saturday evening. Bessie and Hattie McCurtain and Orpiia and Myrtle Parker attended Sunday school at Gifford Sunday afternoon. •Mrs. John McCurtain and children and Mrs. Rex Ott and son spent Thursday with Mrs. Cad Caldwell and family..

Mrs. D. A. Bickel visited in Logansport Saturday. Frank Rich and Mr. and Mrs.” W. E. Rich spent. Sunday here. Tom O’Conhor of Terre Haute, was a Remington visitor last week. Dudley Dingle of Winipeg, Can.,l spent a couple of days with H. H. Walker and wife. Tom Porter and L. H. Hunt shipped a good load of red hogs to Indianapolis last week. John Phillips of Wabash spent part of last week with friends here, returning home Monday. D. W. Brewer of Greenwood, Ind., came Friday night to spend a few days with his cousin, G. D. Gaunt., and family. Mrs. W. E. Peck accompanied by her brother-in-law, Isaac Peck, started this Thursday morning for her home at Ashville, N. Y. Thomas Parks of Mentone, 111., has been spending a week with his son-in-law, Horace Hoover, and family, returning home Tuesday. Mrs. Jessie Campbell of Frankfort, spent several days last with Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Townsend, and attended the of her cousin, W. E. Peck. Homer 11. Roades, who is working in an electric plant in the west located at Chino, Calif., met with an accident a week or so ago, which broke or splintered one of the bones in his arm. Mrs. J. S. Persise and Miss Ellen Lockwood of Salem, Ind., and Max Price and wife of Middleboro, Ky., who were here to attend the Peck funeral, returned to their homes Monday, via Rensselaer. Will Ott moved’Tuesday into the Wingert property on Indiana street, and Tom Thurstonr moved Wednesday into the one vacated by Mr. Ott. Wm. Irgang will move into the old Zea property made vacant by the removal of Mr. Thurston. Bert Kyle, who has been in Chicago the past two weeks, speaks of seeing many sad and dreary sights around the hospital, but says the saddest thing he had heard wa§ when the news of Mr. Peck’s death reached him. Miss Martha Kyle desires us to thank the many friends and acquaintances who remembered her with flowers, cards and letters while she lay sick at the hospital, and says that it takes those things to maki life endurable in a dreary place like that. She states that she will be at home again on Sunday, Jan. 24. Miss Effie Richardson, formerly milliner partner in Stryker & Rich- | ardson’s shop at this place, but ! lately conducting a millinery store 'at Boswell, was married to Mr. James Pemberton of Wolcott, at the M. E. parsonage in Fowler, on Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 20. They will live at, Wolcott, where the groom is town marshal. The bride is well and j favorably known to nearly all our people. j Details of W. E. Peck’s Sudden Death i Details of the death of our former townsman were scarce last week. We are told now, however, by relatives that Mr.. Peck had been about in his usual health up to and including the night of his death. On the day Preceding his death he had been up as usual and was making plans for the coming spring work, that ne fully expected to be able to help do. He retired as usual on a couch in the sitting room near the stove. It was his custom to get up between eleven am] twelve o’clock and take some medicine that was prepared for him. Mrs. Peck slept in a room above

where she could occasionally speak to him when she heard him up. All the family slept* sound that night and when Isaac got up he fixed the fire but did not notice anything wreng with his brother. A little later Mrs. Peck passed through the room and smarted breakfast proceedings. She a/gain visited the room for something and noticed that he was lying In a J perfectly natural position, but also noticed that he had failed tc take his medicine as usual. She then at'tempted to awaken him but found he had passed quietly away, without even disturbing the? covering over him. He had probably been dead some hours. William Edwin Peck was born at Salem, Ind., January 12, 1,866. Died January 12, 1915,. at his home near Ashville, N. Y., aged 49. He came with his parents to Remington in April 1 8 75. He was. married in RemLott a T. (Mover, June 1, 1 893, and to this union were born five children. He is survived by his wife, Lott a E., his children, Helefa E. Swift, Walter 8., Geo. C., Harry D., and Katherine E.; his brothers, Charles H., Frank L., Isaac L., James 1., Maurice 8., all of Remington, and his sister, Mary E. Price, of Middlesborough, Ky. He Was for several years connected with the various grain firms in Remington until 1 898, at which time he was appointed postmaster at Remington by President McKinley, and held that position until April, 1914, a period of 16 years. During this period he was president for one term of the Indiana Postmasters’ Association. He always took an active interest in the government of the city of Remington and in all public enterprises. He united with the Methodist Episcopal church in Remington several years ago. He was one of the charter members of Remington Lodge Knights of Pythias No. and has always been prominent in the work of that order, having held the positions of District •Deputy and Grand Trustee. He was also, a Mason, being a member of Remington Lodge No. 351, and was equally interested and prominent in that order. He removed with his family to Ashville, N. Y., last October, \vhere he had purchased a farm, expecting to make that place his future home.