Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 56, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1899 — From Over The County [ARTICLE]

From Over The County

NORTH BARKLEY. Mud! Mud!! Mud!!! Sam Bowers did business in Rensselaer Monday. Wm, Camp and Tom Glynn were in Kniman Thursday on business. Misses Wilson and Ahler did shopping in Rensselaer Saturday. The party at Mundells was well attended. All report a good time. Messrs. Brenton, Filabaum and Gutherie transacted business in Rensselaer Fridey. Miss Arlie Stevens of Hercher, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. Harry Gifford this week. Mr. Halm who lived near Morocco has moved on the Headquarter farm and will try gardening this year. Mrs. Schofield of Fair Oaks, visited her husband, at Comer, Friday, where he is engaged in carpenter work. Mr. Lewis of Buffalo, N. X visited his son Frank Lewis last week. He was very much pleased with this country and thidks some of locating here permanently. L. B. Hewitt is enlajging his poultry house. He thinks he can raise turkeys enough to pick the potato bugs off the vines and save buying paris green. B. J. Gifford started his hydraulic | dredge boat Thursday nut broke the shaft on the water wheel and had to | send to Kankakee, 111., for repairs. k- .‘ Dredge No. 2 will be completed and ready for work in three weeks. It will begin work near Zadoc and go I thence north. KJ? Building has begun again after a a weok’s lay off. One store build- • ing 20x40 two stories, one dwelling and one double corn crib. How is J t. that for a town scarcely three months . old. An onion house large enough ■.to hold 100,000 bu. will be built bet Jure harvest. .. _

FAIR OAKS. Prepare for Easter. Dr. Kannal, of Rensselaer, was in town last Friday. Joe Kight did business in DeMotte last Friday. Ducks and geese are getting quite numerous, likewise the hunters. Mrs. Joe Kight, of Rensselaer, visited friends and relatives in town last Thursday. s Ed. Kessler has built himself a new boat preparatory to hunting and fishing on the Kankakee. The ladies of the Christian church are preparing a fine program for a special Easter entertainment. Miss Mary Arnold has returned home from a three weeks’ stay with friends and relatives at Beaver City. Mrs. James Sawyer, of Rose Lawn, attended the entertainment at the M. E. church last Friday evening. Sam Richey, the pumper, has moved into his new house, lately built by the C. <fc E. I. railroad company. Mrs. Isaac Kight and daughter, Mrs. Mike Shehan, of Chicago, visited friends and relatives in town last week. Night Operator Zimmerman visited his parents at Rensselaer several days last week. J. S. Cave, of Frankfort, filled his place during his absence. Bob Harmon left last Monday for Brookston. He will remain until next fall, and will work Benj. Greenfields farm this summer, five miles east of Brookston. Peter H. Zea has moved here from Rose Lawn and is occupying the Kimbel property. He has a number of good cows and is making daily shipments of milk to Chicago. Grant Harmon has resigned his job on the Monon section and will move his family on a farm on the old Gregory ranch about April Ist. Henry Goff has taken his place on the section.

About twelve young friends of Master Willie Cottingham gathered at his home last Monday evening in honor of his Bth birthday. The evening's amusements consisted of music, games and refreshments, and a general good time was had until a late hour, when the guests dispersed wishing Will many more happy birthdays. The Musical Concert given by Rensselaer’s best home talent at the M. E. church last Friday evening was a success in every way. The program was carried out in full, but owing to some unavoidable cause Mrs. Delos Thompson and Miss Harriet Yeoman were unable to be present and their parts on the program were filled by Messrs. Leslie and Cecil Alter, and every number was readily encored and all deserve special mention, but time and space forbids. The church was comfortably seated and ..quite a number of spectators from Rensselaer were present. The net proceeds were about §lO which goes toward the church debt. At the close of the concert a vote of thanks was tendered the Company, and all went home well pleased with the evening’s entertainments.