The Buckley Chronicle September 6, 1895 HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK John Pacey's daughter is quite sick with a fever. Mrs. Gray of Champaign visited in town last week. The Shannon schoolhouse has a new hardwood floor. Miss Cora Hull is attending school in town this year. Mrs. Radeke is not in the best of health at present. George Grove was here shaking hands with his old friends. John Wendt was in Thawville one day this week. Miss Allie Niemann is now serving meals at the Columbia. Mrs. E. Hull of Onarga, visited friends here Saturday. Mr. A. E. Cook spent Sunday with relatives in Bloomington Mr. Breese is in Wayne County putting in fall wheat on his farm. J.D. Riggs is tilling his yard. Bliss Waterman is doing the work. B. F. Wallace is engaged in digging trenches for the water works. Mr. and Mrs. Kehebach entertained a party of friends last Friday. Frank Swartz is looking after his land interests in Minnesota this week. The meeting of the board of trustees did not take place Monday evening owing to the absence of President Bruner. There will be a bridge meeting in Pigeon Grove township next Monday, says P.E. Lane, to accept bridges recently built. Little Willie Blanck, son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Blanck, is under the weather, being troubled with summer complaint. "Ben," Columbia's colored cook, has left. Miss Anna Ruhe is looking after the culinary department to everybody's satisfaction. The approaches to the crossing at the intersection of Main and Oak streets were raised by the dumping of several loads of cinders. >From the sweat which was to be seen on store windows Saturday, it was plainly to be seen that cool evenings are almost with us again. Pigeon Grove township will make five applications for county aid on bridges at the next session of the county board. That looks like business. Frank Temple, who has been working at the carpenter trade at Paxton for the past two months, has moved his family there. Sorry to lose them. Frank Horner left us again, presumably to resume his work at Clinton, being a salesman in the dry goods store of his brother-in-law, F. Crang. C.E. Marr is having L.L. Marsh put a new chimney on his house. Mr. Marsh will do him a good job, and Mr. Marr will have planty of draft after this. Mr. Rust's new houuse is up and will soon be ready for occupation. Mr. Rust will move into it when completed and will rent or sell the one he now occupies. Mr. John Roe of Washington, D.C., of the Agricultural Department was here last week, examining the hemp fields of Mr. Heaney, in the interest of that department. Elmer Boice started Wednesday for Champaign, to enter the four years' course in the University there. Elmer is a stirring, progressive young man, paying his own way through college and we predict for him a bright and successful future. MARRIED -- At Paxton, Saturday last, occurred the marriage of Mr. Philip S. Bowe of Buckley, to Miss Mamie Sullivan of Chicago. The event was a very quiet one, only a few intimate friends knowing anything of it at all. Mr. and Mrs. Bowe drove to Buckley that evening and are now at home to their friends. The best wishes of all are with the happy couple. The votary members of the Lutheran church met in special session Sunday evening. The purpose of meeting was to consider a call which wa sent to their pastor, Rev. Blanken, to a parish in Palatine, Ill. After due consideration, it was moved to retain the pastor and his services. The motion was carried unanimously. Mr. Blanken, who has so successfully worked here for eighteen years, will remain. Dr. H. A. Zinser, from Washington, has located among us with an office in the first building east of Koschnick's harness shop. The Doctor is a graduate of Rus Medical College of Chicago, where his large and varied practice in the hospital clinics has eminently fitted him for the large practice we predict for him. He is rapidly making acquaintances among our town and country people. We wish you success, Doctor. Mr. Duncan Rule, representative of Dodd, Mead & Co., of Chicago, was here selling the International Cyclopedia. This is a very nice, comprehensive work of fifteen volumes. --------------------------------------------------------------------- UGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by other organizations or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, 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: Loretta Krumwiede Barlow