Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 86, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1917 — HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

HAPPENINGS IN OUR NEIGHBORING VILLAGES

WOLCOTT (From the “Enterprise) Born to Mr. and-Mrs. Ord Johnson, Monday, January 15, a son. Mrs. H. E. Lear of Anthony, Kansas, is visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickson of Round Grove. Mrs. William Garvin of near Rensselaer was the guest M ednesday of her daughter, Mrs. F. Seifert. 1 Mrs. James Naugle and son Leo of Audubon, Minnesota,’ are here visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Dickson. Mrs. E. J. Dibell .received a Christmas box January 18 from India, which was mailed the last week in October. Mrs. Elizabeth Payne of Remington came over Thursday and spent the day and night with her brother, Perry Blake, who is very ill. Mrs. George A. Henderson and family and Mrs. Henry Fleming went to' Goodland this Friday morning to visit Mr. and Mrs. Robert Henderson. Elmer Stoller and sister Clara and their cousins, Peter and Reuben Farney of Kiowa, Kansas, who have been visiting relatives here, went to Elgin, Illinois, Tuesday to visit their uncle, Aaron Farney, and family.

GOODLAND

(From the Herald) Mr. and Mrs. Newton Wickwire of Chalmers visited here with relatives this week. Verne Railsback, C. & E. I. agent at Rossville, Illinois, visited home folks Saturday and Sunday. The Bachelor Girls club members went to Kentland Tuesday and spent the 1 day with Mrs. . John Simons, a former Goodland girl. On Sunday, January 28, John and Miss Velma Noland are to be married at the home of the bride’s parents at Center, Indiana. They will make their home on the Gemmill farm jusf east of town. Invitations hive been issued announcing the wedding of Miss Gertrude Burke of this city to Mr. Martin Andrew Mangan to take place at SS. Peter and Paul’s Catholic church next Tuesday morning. County Assessor H. H. Downing received w’ord last Friday morning that his brother John had passed away early that morning at the home of a son, Clifford Downing, at Milford, Nebraska. Funeral services were held Sunday. On Tuesday morning Mr. James Cullnan, Edward Gray and sister, Miss Nellie, Matthew Moran and niece, Miss Sadie Boyles, left for Florida. The two former will take in the sights in Cuba before returning home. This Friday morning Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wickersham and son Wilson left for New Orleans to attend the Mardi Gras, and to spend the remainder of the winter, months. John Pluimer’s large gray team of horses did a circus stunt Wednesday morning about 9:30. They started to run south in the alley back of the Herald office on a gallop. They turned east On Prairie avenue, north on James street, east on Union street, north on Benton

street across the railroad and then east on the Remipgtpn road. Lawrence Reed and John started after them in a single rig and overtook them before they reached /the Pluimer home. No damage was

MEDARYVILLE

(From the Journal) ■ Ed Ryan “is now a student at Purdue university, for the midwinter agricultural course of eight weeks. .' « Mrs. W. B. Long Of owanka. South Dakota, is visiting this week at the home of her brother, James Elliott of Gifford. v James R. Linton, accompanied by M V. Redinbo. Frank Breese and Alvin Ramey, left Saturday* for Memphis, Tennessee, where they are to be engaged in building a dredge for the Sternberg Dredge, company. ■ Word was received here this morning of the death of, H. F. Campbell of Hammond, a former resident of this vicinity. Mr. Campbell died while on a visit in Texas ant *he body, which is being brought here for burial, is expected to arrive in Medaryville Friday noon Mr. Campbell was a brother-in-law of Mrs. Amanda Fess and a cousin ot James Campbell, Last Saturday afternoon accurred the death of George Mehaffey, an old veteran of the Civil war, at his home six miles northwest of. Medaryville. Mr.- Mehaffey, who was 72 years of age, was living alone, but was attended by George Dunn at the time of his death. The deceased had been quite ill of pneumonia for several days but would not permit the calling of the doctor, until he had passed beyond the aid of medicine.

BROOK

(From the Reporter) Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Bowers on Thursday morning, a baby girl. W. D. Pence went to Goodland on last Thursday and from there to his farm near Wabash. Mrs. A. J. Kitt of Fowler was in town on last Friday visiting Mrs. Spoor and Mrs. Haynes. A* baby girl arrived at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wilbur Roome west of Brook Monday evening. Mr. and Mrs. John Rosenbrook were called to Chicago the first of the week owing to the illness of their daughter, Mrs. Linnea Burgman. Mr. Sandmyer, who lives east of Foresman, has been very ill during the last four weeks. It is thought he will probably not -recover. Mrs. Martinson of North Manchester, who has been visiting with her daughter, Mrs. King Chamberlain, returned to her home last Friday. Mrs. Ina Pierson and Miss Carrie Sunderland went to Crawfordsville on Saturday where the former will keep house for her brother, Dr. Harry Sunderland. The latter will visit with them for a couple of w eeks. Momence township voted $30,000 to the C. & E. I. railroad over forty years ago and has never paid off the bonds yet. No doubt the township has received taxes enough since that time to repay the money but taxes can always be used for anything. The little dredge going through the creek southeast of town is making fairly good time. It began at the Iroquois a month ago and

had gone about a mile. It still has ! four miles to go, and is expected to | finish some time in March. It has something like two thousand cubic, yards to dig, costing 29% cents a! cubic yard, making a total of a' little over $3,500. The ditch is being built to help drain the land and is paid for by assessment -made on the land benefctted by it...

4 ROSELAWN

John Snip was a business visitor in Roselawn Monday. James R. Craig of Thayer was a Roselawn visitor Monday. Mi-.* Petro of Lake Village was a business visitor here Monday. C. T. Otis and W. T. Kight shipped hogs to the Chicago market Tuesday. ‘ J. W. Crooks visited his family in Rensselaer from Friday ’until Saturday morning. Joseph Hopper and family w’ill move to Lowell in the near future where he has a position on a farm. Lardner Crooks was up assisting his father in the drug store from Friday evening until Sunday evening. Jesse Sheffer, the Thayer blacksmith, has purchased a shop at Parr and will move there soon, it is .reported. Perry Elsworth could not stand the severe winter w’eather of Indiana and departed for sunny Tennessee last week. ; / ; Miss Bertha Bess was home Saturday and Sunday, returning to her school work in Washington township Sunday evening. W. D. Burkhardt of Lafayette, a traveling salesman for the Fischer Bros. Dry Goods Co., of Peoria, Illinois, was calling on the merchants here Monday. Fred Nelson, farmer, dairyman and teamster, has purchased a fine team of young mules and is putting in most of his time trying to make the pfesky things do as he bids them. Charles Hickman, living on the D. K. Frye farm, who has been working in Hammond for some time, was home for a few days last week, getting over an attack of the grip. He was able to return to his work Monday. Mrs. W. T. Kight, Mrs. John Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Cox, Henry Petersom.. Frank Rush and sons and many others from this community whose names we did not get, were in Rensselaer the 18th, all hoping they might be the lucky one and ride home in that Ford given away by a Rensselaer mer? chant. But a lady of Rensselaer got away with the “keer.’’

FRANCESVIIjTjF

(From the Tribune) Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Hintz have moved to Monon, where they will make their future home. Edward Rose, who is employed in Chicago, has been visiting his parents, and Mrs. W. C. Rose, near Moody. Miss Elsie Huguet returned home from El Paso, Illinois, Sunday, where she had been for a two weeks’ vacation. Mrs. S. K. Jones was called to Wolcott Saturday on account of the illness of her mother, Mrs. Sarah Hamilton. Miss Beulah Pootrider of Clay City, Indiana, came Thursday and is visiting with Mr. and Mrs. James Allee, east of town. Born to Mr. and Mrs. Joe Koeboke last Saturday, a girl; to Mr. and Mrs. Jasper Houston, Saturday of last week, a boy. Mrs. Claude Burson -went to Clark’s Hill, Indiana, Saturday, where she is visiting her mother, Mrs. William Bryant. Mrs. Arthur Stewart, Mrs. Orie Haymond and Henry Bollinger, who were operated upon recently at the hospital, are progressing toward recovery in dandy shape. Mrs. Argus Rotruck and daughter Sylvania returned to their home in Detroit today after spending a very enjoyable visit with Mr. and Mrs. Marion Rotruqk and Mrs. Emil Schubert and children.

W. J. Hubbard accompanied Mr. and Mrs. John C. Kopka to Chicago Saturday, where, he assisted John ip, buying his new household furniture. Mr. and Mrs. Kopka will move on Chas. Kaupke’s farm about -February 1. . Mrs-. Ira Williamson, southwest of Francesville, was operated upon at the Hope hospital here 'Tuesday morning by Drs. Sharrer <fc Sharrer for appendicitis and abdominal tumor. This trouble has been bothering her for some time and this operation will probably restore her to her usual health. The Tribune failed to report last week through an oversight of the marriage of John C. Kopka, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kopka, to Miss Freida Kaupke, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kaupke, east of town. They were married Wednesday, of last week at the home of the bride’s parents. Both are 23 years of age, and the Tribune wishes them success and happiness through their married life. They will reside on Mr. Kaupke’s farm, after which Mr. Kaupke will move to town and live in his property in the east part of town.