Grundy County, IL "Minooka News" November 22, 1906 Vol. 31, No. 47 Dr. _________ was in Joliet Monday. Markets - Corn 37; oats 32; butter 22; eggs 27 Mrs. W. J. Campbell spent Monday in Joliet. Hugh Dempsey returned recently from a sojourn to Kansas. P. F. Whalen has recently purchased the Krein property. Mrs. Maud Weese, of Joliet, called on friends here Wednesday. Mrs. Mary Cantwell, nee Paul, visited with friends here Monday. Robert Carroll is entertaining a friend from Chicago this week. Mrs. John Van Dolson and Mrs. Carrie Ketcham were Joliet visitors Saturday. Attorney George Bedford, of Morris, visited his parents here from Saturday till Monday. Joseph Kelly had his foot quite badly injured one day last week by having a horse step on the member. Chas. E. Davis, M. L. Kaffer, Chas. O'Brien and W. A. Clark went hunting Tuesday to be gone a few days. Miss Bergwin returned to her home in Chicago Saturday evening, having spent a number of days at Mrs. A. K. Knapp's residence here. D. A. Henneberry attended the recent grand lodge meeting of the Knights of Pythias in Chicago as a delegate from the local lodge. Rev. W. B. Lowery recently had some chickens stolen from his poultry house. All of which is pronounced very tough luck for a Methodist preacher. A fine cement sidewalk is to grace the east side of Kaffer's hardware store. The cinders have been put in and will be well settled to receive the cement next spring. Thomas Kinsella, who lives about two miles west of here, had his poultry house destroyed by fire last week and three hundred chickens perished in the flames. A few tons of coal and some farming tools were also burned. Nothing was known of the fire until Mr. Kinsella found the building and contents in ashes on arising in the morning. How the fire originated is a complete mystery. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contri- butor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ------------------------------------------------------------- File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Deb Haines, Grundy County Coordinator