Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1902 — CORRESPONDENCE [ARTICLE]

CORRESPONDENCE

FAIR OAKS.

The heaviest frost of the season occurred last Sunday. Born—Last Monday, Oct. 20th. to Mr. and Mrs. Merritt Strain, a teirpound son. Mrs. Cottingham and son Willie went to see Mrs. McClanahan at Rose Bud last Sunday, wno is sick. Wm, Tulley has made some repairs on his house which greatly improves the apoearance of it. Born—To Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Ferguson, Friday, Oct. 10th, a son. Mrs. True Culham spent last week with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Holly, at Beaver City. John Casey and L. Kessler have improved their houses with new roofs. Mrs. Isaac Kight spent the past two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. M. Shehan, at Lafayette. Mr. Kight was also there over Sunday. A fine girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Wame on Monday, Oct. 13th, 1902. Ellis Jones, of Remington, Democratic candidate for county treasurer, was in town last week looking after his political welfare. The Monon will run another cheap excursion to Indianapolis next Sunday, Oct. 26th. Oqlj SI.OO for the round trip. Born—Last Sunday morning, Oct. 19th, 1902, to Mr and Mrs. Calvin Burroughs, a ten pound boy. Mother and child doing well, also the father. Bruce Moffitt shipped his hay press to Horicon, Wis. last Monday, preparatory to commence pressing at once. Chas. Gundy has applied for saloon license for another year. Wm. Fuller and wife are visiting his brother and wife at*Star City for a week. Millie Larson, of Rose Lawn, spent last week with Mr. and Mrs. Thos. Fry, and other friends in town.

Mrs. McClanahan, of Rose Bud, who has been sick with malarial fever for the past three weeks, is now improving rapidly. Dr. Berkley, of Rensselaer, is attending her. Work is fast progressing on the new elevator and it will soon be completed, under the supervision of Contractor Chas. Nowels. He has a good force of men at work. Will and Schuyler Brockus have gone to Billings, Mont., to see .their brother, Elias, who is charged with murder, and also to be present at his trial, which is set for next Monday, the 27th, we are informed. Quite a number of our local sportsmen went to the Kankakee river fishing last Sunday, but their “catch” was not burdensome to carry home, for not more than a dozen fish were c "ught by the whole party, owing probably to ’’ e high water caused by the heavy rain of last . -iday night. Rev. Hall, of Rensselaer, commenced a series of revival meetings at the Christian church on Monday evening of last week and will continue them yet this week. The meetings are being well attended, and up to Sunday evening five new additions were made to the membership. A severe electrical storm visited us last Friday night about midnight, accompanied by a very heavy fall of rain but not very much wind, which did a good deal of damage to the telephone service, principally. The insulated wires entering the central office at the drug store were badly burned and the Halleck phone was completely gutted, setting fire to the wall paper and some patent medicine signs which adorned the walls. Luckily the fire extinguished itself before it got under headway. No one was in the store at the time and nothing was known of it until the next morning. The building proper was not damaged. The Jasper county line suffered very little loss, if any, at this place.