Grundy County, IL Phoenix Advertiser "Minooka News" April 25,1903 Vol. 28, No. 17 Markets - Corn 36; oats 30; eggs 13; butter 20. Mrs. B. M. Ward spent last Saturday in Joliet. Mrs. F. Clark was a visitor to Morris Tuesday. Mrs. M. L. Kaffer was a visitor to Joliet Tuesday. W. H. Kaffer went to Chicago on business Tuesday. Mrs. Charles Tabler at Sand Ridge has been seriously ill for several days. Edward Oaks witnessed Piney Ridge at the Joliet theatre last Thursday evening. The Minooka Dancing Club will give a fine May party in Union hall Friday evening May 1st. Mrs. J. J. Brinckerhoff and children visited with relatives in Lockport last Friday and Saturday. George Colleps was re-elected school director last Saturday without opposition. Only seven votes were cast. The body of Louis Jensen was brought here from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, a few days ago and was buried in the Mound cemetery. Miss Easie Briscoe is seriously ill. C. D. Chase has decided to retire from the mercantile business here and will remove to Dakota to engage in the manufacture of brick. Mrs. John Herbert died at her home near Channahon last Sunday morning after an illness of but a few hours. The deceased was about 38 years of age and leaves a husband and several children. Mrs. Mable Buckley departed last Tuesday for her house in Seattle, Wash., after spending two months here with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Miller and other relatives and friends. Mrs. Miller accompanied her daughter to Chicago Tuesday. An informal dancing party was held in White's Central hall last Monday with an attendance of about two dozen couples. The function was hastily arranged by the Minooka Dancing Club and Chicago music secured in the form of Cortese & Curcio's orchestra. Dancing was in progress from 8 to 12. Mrs. Charles Eastergreen died at her house in this place Friday evening, April 17, 1903, aged 77 years. Mrs. Eastergreen was a native of Ireland but came to America in her youth and had resided in this vicinity for forty years. She is survived by two daughters, Misses Mary and Sarah Eastergreen of Minooka. The funeral was held Monday from St. Mary's Catholic church officiated by Rev. _______ McMahon. Dr. J. J. Brinckerhoff has purchased the Frank Clark property in this place and will soon personally take possession. The property consists of about eight lots and a dwelling and the purchase price was $200. Mrs. Clark and family who now occupy the place, expect to soon move to Morris. Dr. Brinckerhoff will at once have a barn erected on the premises and later on will probably build a new residence or remodel the old one. The trial of the Gardner bank robbers is in progress at Morris. Four men are arraigned on the charge and more than a week has been spent in securing a jury. Over three hundred men have been examined as to their fitness to serve. Among those from this place who were subpoenaed were the following: Richard Coop, Fred Weese, M. L. Kaffer, John Shepley, James McEvilly, Joseph Kelly, L____ Heath, Jeremiah Kelly, Adolph _____, Henry Randall, Charles O'Brien, Clarence Morley, James Brady, John Wilson, Patrick Brady, Bert Ward, C. B. Chase, Robert Bradbury, Robert Shurtlin, N. J. Comerford, Charles Foster, and John Edmonds. Richard Coop and Fred Weese were accepted on the case. A Minooka business man, who shall be nameless here because we might be mistaken about his identity, was one day recently riding on the Rick Island train to Chicago and was accompanied by his wife who is one of the fairest of Minooka's fair matrons. Being possessed at the time with a desire to know what was going on in the world at large left his seat at his wife's side and went forward to interview the newsboy. Negotiations quickly resulted in the exchange of a nickel for a metropolitan daily and our M. B. M. started back down the aisle engrossed in Roosevelt's latest strenuous speech or some other equally interesting matter under a triple head. Intuitively he stopped at a certain seat and sat down, but his intuition wasn't working well that day. His new seatmate, a lady and a total stranger, was surprised to have the society section of the paper passed over to her with the brief comment that she might see what the four hundred were doing, but her surprise was mild compared with the astonishment of the M. B. M.'s wife a few seats farther back. The absolute abandon of her husband's action in the sudden situation caused her to gasp until she realized that it was simply a mistake. Sometimes, of course, one who makes a mistake never discovers the fact, but it was not so in this case. ------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organiza- tions or persons. 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