Miscellaneous Newspaper Items, Grundy County, IL Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives Copyright 1999 Deb Haines Phoenix Advertiser "Minooka News" November 24, 1904 Vol. 29, No. 47 M. J. WHALEN was in Joliet Thursday. Markets - Corn __; oats 28; butter 20; eggs 25. Mr. and Mrs. John SHEPLEY visited in Joliet Sunday. Robert BRADBURY was home from Plainfield Sunday. Mrs. Charles FOSTER visited relatives in Joliet Thursday. Miss Emma COOP, of Joliet, spent Sunday with her parents here. George COLLEPS and daughter, Miss Bessie, were in Chicago Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. M. RILEY, of Blodgett, visited with Miss Ellen CONNELL Monday. Mrs. Mary PALMER, of Evanston, Ill., visited with relatives here last week. A fine little daughter was born to Mrs. and Mrs. James BRADY last Sunday night. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. WEESE spent last week last week among kindred and friends in Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Jesse PYLE, of New Mexico, visited with relatives in Seward recently. Mr. and Mrs. E. N. WEESE, after a few days' visit in Chicago, returned home Saturday. Samuel SHEPLEY, who is well known here, is critically sick with typhoid fever at his home in Joliet. Mrs. Lizzie G. McLAUREN, of Hazel, S. D., has been visiting among friends here for the past week or two. William DONOVAN, of Plattville, has been visiting here at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Frank WILSON, this week. Mrs. Charles MURLEY has been suffering for some time with an injury to her hip sustained in a fall, from a step ladder. Some grain is coming to market now, oats and new corn. The latter mostly grades as No. 4 and is still quite wet. S. E. STRATTON returned to his home in Massena, Iowa, last Thursday, after a visit with relatives and friends in this vicinity. J. H. MURPHEY spent a few days in Dwight last week where he was called to attend the funeral of his brother, John D. MURPHY. Mrs. Patrick WHALEN, of Morris, returned home Sunday after a week's visit here, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Peter BRISCOE. D. H. ANDREWS, the Rock Island agent, was in Rock Island, Ill., a few days of last week on account of the critical illness of his daughter there. Mr. Edward FEENEY, of Minooka, and Miss Maggie HENNEBERRY, of Wilmington, were married at the church in Wilmington, Wednesday, Nov. 16, 1904. They are most worthy and popular young people, and have the best wishes of all who know them. Funeral services for Robert FEENEY were conducted by Rev. Father Joseph McMAHON in St. Mary's church here last Friday forenoon and the obsequies were largely attended. Mr. FEENEY was first taken seriously ill Tuesday evening and died the next forenoon at 10:30 o'clock. He died of Bright's disease of the kidneys and was aged 69 years, 5 months, 5 days. He had resided near here for about sixty years. He leaves four sons and two daughters. William R. MURLEY, who was long a resident of Seward township near this place, died last Monday morning, Nov. 21, 1904, at his home in Joliet, aged 67 years, 9 months and 13 days. Mr. MURLEY was born in Whitesboro, N. Y., and came to Grundy county in 1857. In 1865 he moved to a farm near here and was successfully engaged in agriculture until he retired in 1889. In 1899 he removed to Joliet. The surviving children are Mrs. Albert hare, Mrs. S. BROWN and Benjamin MURLEY, of this place. Another son, William MURLEY, died here about a year ago. The funeral occurred Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock from the home in Joliet and the remains were brought to the Seward cemetery for burial. Minooka has been one of the storm centers in the hunt for the suspect in the auto murder case near Lemont last Saturday. Monday two different strangers who were here talked somewhat with the description of Dove, the suspect, and detectives were soon on the move. The police anyway were clearly watching the route of the Rock Island west from Joliet. One of the men who were shadowed proved to be a Mr. BALTE, who is a post office inspector for the government and who first went to Morris from Chicago, Monday, and came here on the noon train and drove into the country, returning about 9 o'clock. He regarded the suspicions regarding him as a good joke. The other stranger who was here got dinner at Mrs. TINDER'S and appeared very nervous. He left immediately after finishing his meal and has not since been seen. The detectives do not attach much importance to the clue however. Transcribed by Deb Haines, Grundy County IL CC, March 13, 1999 ------------------------------------------------------------------ USGENWEB 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