Grundy County, IL

Phoenix Advertiser
Minooka News

May 12, 1904
Vol. 29, No. 19


Mrs. Geo. TINDER, Sr., was in Joliet Friday.

Harry ENEIX was in Joliet on business Monday.

Ambrose BRANNICK remains but little improved.

Markets - Corn 35 to 41; oats 39; eggs 14; butter 16.

Geo. COLLEPS was a business visitor in Chicago Monday.

Edward HOLT called on Joliet relatives and friends Monday.

Daniel FRECKELTON, of Joliet, called on Minooka friends Sunday.

Miss Jennie CURRAN, of Joliet, was a guest of Miss Edna FERGUSON last Sunday.

John FITZGERALD, a cousin of Miss Mary CANTWELL is very seriously ill at Clifton, Ill.

Jeremiah FEEHAN, of Chicago, spent Saturday and Sunday with Ambrose BRANNICK and family.

Will OAKS and wife, of Joliet, spent Sunday with the former's brother, Edward OAKS and family.

W. H. MURPHEY, of Joliet, visited with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. H. MURPHEY, in this place last Sunday.

Last Sunday afternoon there was a very heavy rain here while a short distance south of town there was scarcely any waterfall at all.

Mrs. Geo. TINDER, Jr., returned to her home in Morris Monday evening after a week's visit here with Mr. and Mrs. William COOP.

Mr. and Mrs. Geo. E. THAYER and daughter, of Joliet, visited with their relatives here a few days of the past week, returning to Joliet Tuesday.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles THAYER attended the funeral of the latter's brother in Seneca last Monday. The brother was killed in a railroad accident in Texas and was brought to his old home for burial.

Samuel TABLER received a severe electric shock at his father's home last Thursday while working with some machinery in the sheds. Lightning struck a tree only a few feet away and did the damage. Mr. TABLER was rendered unconscious but soon revived and has fully recovered.

The Aux Sable Giants and the Minooka Dwarfs engaged in a spirited contest on the diamond in Shepley's park last Sunday afternoon and built up a score of 15 to 7 in favor of the Aux Sable team. The teams were very unevenly matched in size and the town boys feel that they made a good showing considering.

William G. MURLEY died at his home three miles north-east of Minooka, last Thursday, May 5, 1904, aged 43 years. Mr. MURLEY had been sick for two weeks with pleura-pneumonia and the day before his death an operation was performed to withdraw the fluid that had filled the lung cavity. The next day the heart action failed and death ended the struggle. Mr. MURLEY was a man who was universally esteemed and his early death is a great shock to all his friends. He was born in the town of Seward and lived in this vicinity all his life. About fifteen years ago he married Miss Jennie MATTHEWS, also of Seward, who survives with two sons aged 14 and 7. The other surviving relatives are the father, William MURLEY Sr., of Joliet, one brother Benjamin, and two sisters, Mrs. Albert HARE and Mrs. Stanton BROWN, all of Minooka. The funeral took place Sunday from the residence with services conducted by Rev. BEDDOES, of the Congregational church. Burial was in the Chapman cemetery. The services were very largely attended and there were over two hundred teams in the funeral cortege.

Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, December 17, 1998