Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 November 1915 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

Morgan Dewey and H. V. Ilensler were Brook visitors Monday on business. Miss Ethel Hewitt of Francesville, spent Monday and Tuesday with Miss Bessie Guy’ Miss Matt Green and little niece, came Monday, to visit her sister, Mrs. Ella Hichcock. W. T. McCollough, wife and daughter, and Mr. and Mrs. Win. Nutt drove to Rochester Monday. The Misses Gertrude and Katherine Besse and Miss Beard were Logansport visitors Saturday, B. Bradrick of Burlingame, Cali., was a guest at the home of Mrs. D. A. Bickel Friday and Saturday. Jones Brothers report the sale of the A. V. Lock property on West Harrison street, to Frank L. Newbold of Remington. Consideration, 1650. , Walter Gillani has moved into the house with his father-in-law. Samuel Bowman, and rented his own property to Mr. Boatman, the station operator. Nrs. Fred L. Bishop and little daughter, of Council Bluffs, lowa, came Saturday for a visit with her mother, Mrs. Warnock, and sister, Mrs. Howard. Mrs. Ella Parks returned home Thursday evening from a two weeks' visit in Lafayette, where she spent the most of the time as the guest of the C. T. Dye family. Joe Wilder has been in, southwest Missouri and Arkansas the past two weeks, looking over farm prospects, with a view to locating. So far 'he reports nothing attractive.

The little Misses Frances and Cecelia Warden gave an old-fashioned Hallowe’en party Friday for abou + a score of their young friends. The .refreshments were in accord with the day. being pumpkin pie, sweet cider and doughnuts. Miss Laura Peck and Mrs. H. H. Bowman went to Indianapolis Tuesday, to spend a day or two with their mother, Mrs. c. 11. Peck, who is in the M. E. hospital there. Her many friends are glad to hear that she is recovering so well. Miss Grace dowry went to Peoria,

111., Saturday, where she underwent an operation for a fistula on Monday at. tile St. Francis hospital. She is doing well, and will be there two weeks; and later wil-l Visit with her sisters, Miss Ethel dowry and Mrs. G. L. Richards. Bert Spencer returned Thursday night from a two or three days’ trip to Chicago on business. While there he visited the Hargreaves family, and reports Mrs. Hargreaves and the boys getting along very nicely,- and pleased with their new place of abode. " Mr. and Mrs. C. T. Denham,' son George, .Mrs. Sophia Commons and Mrs, C. W. Hamer autoed to Valparaiso and spent the week-end with their brother, M. M. Thompson, helping him to remember that he had passed another milestone on his life's journey. Mrs. Charles Weir returned home Sunday from Lafayette, where she haft been in the hospital for some weeks. She is very grateful to her friends lor the cards, letters and beautiful flowers sent to her while there. She is now reported to he getting along nicely. : Mr. ami Mrs, Ah Howard, Harvey Stevenson, wife and two (laughters, Ethel and Margaret, and Hubert Brown motored through from Bloomington Saturday, and spent a few days with John Ochs and wife. The party returned home Tuesday except the two Miss Stevensons; who will spend the week here. 1 A party of six, W. T. Elmore and sons, Charles and Blanchard, and Charles Elmore’s son, Alpheus, and Ernest Barnett drove through to Per u and back last Saturday. The trip was kiade in Charles Elmore's Studebaker Six, 75 miles in two hours'and thirty minutes. The latter has arranged to go into the variety store business in Peru, and has already engaged a good room.

MEDARYVILLE. [From The Advertiser.] Mrs. Sam E. Nicoles of Monticello, is visiting friends here this week. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barker of Lebanon, visited their son, Gilbert Barker, and wife, of Cass tp., this week. Harry Kraft and, family of Laporte, • spent last Sunday here with Mrs. Kraft's parents, James Linton and wife. Dr. and Mrs. R. p. Hackley and daughter, Pauline, were Illinois visitors the first of the week, making the trip per auto. Mrs. Ida Penry of Auburn, has been the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Zulich, several days last week and over Sunday Mrs. Susan Rogers, of Harrisburg, Va., was the guest of her granddaughter, Mrs. Grant Eldridge, on Tuesday and Wednesday last. Mr. and Mrs. John Jay, William Toyne, Miss Pearl Jay and Mrs. Geo.

Toyne, all of Goodland, spent the week-end at the LaFevre home. Mrs. George Turner and children of Tefft returned to their home Saturday after a several days’ visit with their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. William Lawrence. Master Kenneth and Frank Owen, Miss Edith and little Mary of Lacross,. spent Friday, Saturday and Sunday with their uncle, Frank LeFevre arid wife. While ascending the stairs in the school house after recess last Wednesday Miss Beulah Guild slipped and tell so unfortunately as to break a bone in the right forearm. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Provo left on Friday of last week for an extended visit with their children at Caldwell, Idaho. They were accompanied as far as CLriicago bv Mr. and Mrs. Geo. D. Prevp, Iririm hi 111 1 n fni 1 1 in portation, on their way visiting relatives in Hammond and Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Prevo will probably he gone all winter.

GOODLAND. [From The Herald.] Mrs. Hugh Treanor of Remington, was in Goodland looking after her interests Thursday. Dorris Kinneman student at Earlham college, arrived home Thursday for a few days’ visit with home folks Mr. and .Mrs. W. J. Stewart left this week for Cincinnati, Q., where they will visit with friends and relatives. Mrs. Anna Cates of Oakley, Ind., purchased the - Thomas Lewellyn property on west .Mill street mis week. George Bales and wife of this city, and Mr. Johnston and Mr. Grant and families of Remington, autoed to Kankakee, 111., Sunday. Mrs. M. L. Humston returned home Tuesday evening from Chicago after a two weeks’ visit with her sister, Mrs. Mary Jenks and family. Mrs. William Robinson and children of Dunnell, Mich., are here the guests of the Meads, Pothuisje and Robinson families south of town. This week L. W. Gerrich sold his stock of hardware to Sumner McCurry, who will take possession after the invoice is made, which will be begun Monday. James E. Babcock of Indianapolis, spent Wednesday night with home folks. He had been in Chicago and stopped off enroute to his office at the state capitol. ' John C. Crocker and two daughters, Clara and Jennie, Emmeline Hartman and Lorena Dunkel autoed from Chicago Heights, 111., and spent Sunday with the latter’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Dunkel. . Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hancock returned last Saturday from Chicago. Mrs. Hancock is improving nicely. Mrs. John Dillion, who cared for the

three youngsters at her home in Wheat Held, brought them to Goodland Monday. C. L. Constable and son, R. Lyle Constable, thrashed one-quarter of an acre of Sudan grass Monday and secured ten bushels of seed for next, year. This is an excellent feed, netting three cuttings for the season and making about 5 to 0 tons per acre. Mr. arid Mrs. James Wellington of Brooklyn, N, Y., have been spending he oast few days with the former’s mother, Mrs. Jane Wellington, of this place. '[ hey were joined here Saturday, Oct. 23, by George Wellington and family of Lafayette, and John Wellington ami family of Chicago, and helped their mother celebrate her eightieth birthday. They all returned to their homes last week with the exception or Mrs. James Wellinghn - Q inniff-ed until this Wednesday lor a short visit with friends. Monday is a day that will be remembered a long time by Lueile, the twelve-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Walter Williams. She boarded the north-bound train Monday morning without a ticket and left the train at Englewood. Here a matron found her and after asking several questions, learned that she had run away. Mr. Williams was notified of her whereabouts and was told that, she would be sent down to.Watseka. 111., and for him to meet her there. He left here at 6:3.0 and met the S: 1 3 train and returned home about 10 o’clock that evening. After all the little girl realized there is no place like home and mother.

BROOK. [From The Reporter,] Miss Cecil Parks 'went to Remington on Monday to spend a few days with friends. Edwin Raff of Chicago, was in town the first of the week visiting his olid friends. Jacob I). Rich and wife motored to Remington on Monday to visit Mr. and Mrs. Win. Rich. ' , Mr. and Mrs. A. Ohman came in from Louisville on' Saturday for a short visit with Mrs. Ohman's parents. Mr. and Mrs. Thorp Beagley. Mrs. Charles Bowman and daughter returned to her home in Remington on Saturday after a short visit with her brothers, Nason and Frank Turner. Mrs. Henry Putt of Monon, was here the first of the week visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Barnhart Paulis, and her sister, Mrs'. R. S. Bohannon, and family. Henry Gring and Charles Reed were in Michigan this week. While there Charles purchased 40 acres of land, within a mile of Ed Tyler’s and a mile and a half of Louis Cory’s. Mr. and Mrs. E. Crisler left for Chicago on Tuesday accompanied by Mrs. Crisler’s mother, Mrs. Laban

Lyons, and Dr. Larrison. Mrs. Crisler will enter a hospital for an operation. On Sunday the families of Otto May hew, James Ricker, Arthur Dirst and Frank Deweese took their dinners and gave Louis Prouty a surprise at his home in Brook. It is needles to say Lew enjoyed the visit and the dinner. Ilarrjg Warr, Fred Lyons, Will Pence and Willis Gridley have been busy this week measuring up the five acre plots for the corn show contestants. The Purdue expert is with them and the work takes them almost all over the county. It is quite a job, but is done free of expense for the good of the cause. Contractor Voguland, who is doing the work on the stone road running north from .the Henry Weston place, was kicked by a horse on Tuesday afternoon and is in a serious.condition. He was handling a young team and one of the horses was vicious. A motorcyclist had stop lied near in order to enquire the way to Morocco, when he started his machine the horses became frightened and in his attempts to hold them Voguland was thrown some way and one of the animals kicked him in the head just behind the ear. Sherman White was called to Rensselaer on Monday on account of the Hallowe'en pranks. His oil wagon was left in that City after finishing his street contract there this summer, and on Friday night some of tile sporting element who couldn’t wait until Saturday night took the wagon to pieces,, leaving the big tank in the doorway of the shed in which he had it stored and proceeded to scatter the wheels and other parts over the country. A couple of them were found a mile and a half northeast of town, and one on the bank of the river and one in the river. This was an expensive frolic for Sherman as it cost him about five dollars to make the trip and collect the wagon. We are no better at protecting our property than our neighbor, from the wrecks found around town on Sunday nnorhing, but we believe that some effort should be made to stamp out this custom which is not sport but pure vandalism, and it should be treated as such.

FRANCESVILLE. [From The Tribune.] Misses Anne Fitzpatrick and Hazel Whitaker were in Rensselaer Saturday. Miss Nellie Kmart of Lafayette, is the guest of her sister, Mrs. O D. Engle, north ot’ town. George M. Kime came over from Dwight Monday morning to look after business interests here. Mrs. Elmer'Leaf of Pine Village, who has been the guest of her mother, Mrs. Fred Sard, returned homo Tuesday. Mrs. Russell Timmons came down

from Medaryville Tuesday morning to visit with her sister, Mrs. John. Molitor. Mrs. J. A. Hill left Monday for a month's visit with relatives and friends at Fairbury, 111. She was accompanied to Reynolds by her daughter, Mrs. W. C. Richardson. Samuel King of Chenoa, 111., has leased his farm of 232 acres, soutneast of Francesville, *to Herman Koeboke, who lives on the place now, for a term of five years; It is an exceptional case in this vicinity when a rental term is made for five years, but in this event the owner and tenant get along so well that their individual interests are sure to bring: better returns under a long term contract than where the lease is renewed annually.