Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1906 — BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS. [ARTICLE]

BRIEF LOCAL HAPPENINGS.

FRIDAY. JeSSe Wilson went to Chicago today, on a business trip. Prof. W, O. Shanlaub, of Morocco, is over spending holiday week with his parents here. , Judge €. W 7 Hanley and- Attorney A Halleck attended the Republican Love Feast at Indianapolis, Thursday afternoon. Mr. and Mrs. Ross Grant, o Minneapolis, Minn., left for that place today, after a visit with their various relatives here. ' ‘ Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Williams arrived home this afternoon, from a holiday visit with her parents, at Carthage, 111. E. Hoyt, of Panama, N, Y., who has been visiting John Knapp for some days, left today, for Atlanta, Texas, on a business trip. G. O. Bales, of Goodland, has been here for a few days, helping make the end of the year’s invoice of the Rensselaer Lumber Co., of which he owns a third interest. W. H. Parkison returned last evening from Attica, where he was making a Christmas visit with Mrs. Parkison’s people. The family are staying thereuntil after New Years. A marsh fire which prevailed up in the vicinity of Yirgie, Wednesday night, burned up a large quantity of hay in ricks, including, as stated, some 12 or 14 ricks belonging to W. B. Austin.

A 14-year old son of Henry Gowland, north of town, was shot through the fleshy part of his leg, above the knee, yesterday, while he and his brother were shooting with a 22 caliber revolver. The injury is not serious. John E. Alter, of Union township, alias “Bill Bat”, of “Hoosier Hunting Grounds” celebrity, is preparing to go to Florida again, in a short time, to spend the win. ter. His brother, Amos intends to go with him, this trip. C. M. Paxton went to South Bend, yesterday, to visit his brother before going to Longmont, Colorado, while his family went to Remington to visit Mrs. Paxton’s sister, Mrs. C. W. PostilL i They all expect to leave for Longmon next Tuesday. ‘ Mr. Paxton’s, farm will be occupied by Charles Scarlett of Remington, who moved on it today. Mrs. O. A. Yeoman, of Virgin, has been very alarmingly sick, this week, with neuralgia of the stomfuffi, so much so that her life was almost dispaired of. She is now reported considerably i mprov«d, however and her recovery seems sally assured.

James Haskell bought a well improved farm, of 104 acres, in Wells county, 2i miles from Blufftop, on his recent trip over there, * wiflh Sylvester Gray; and expects to move upon it in March. The price was SB6 per acre. Mr. Gray, and Markley, of Bluffton, negotiated the sale. . 9 -..»» -***.« - Thissome of that other.kiudof weather, we have been having today, for sure. Still it might be worse, and very possibly will be, before it is better. But, anyhow, it has started in . too late to very seriously damage the good reputation December has already achieved F. B. Ham has traded off the former C. E. Hershman residence and store building, with .the stock of goods, on Main street, south of the depot, to Ck E. Jolly, of southeast of Francesville. receiving in payifeent, a- fmu of 110 acres. The exchange oi has already taken plaoe, and Mr* Jolly will be here after Jan. Ist to take personal charge of his newly acquired business.

There was another nice dance at the Armory, last night, for the benfit of the band- There were some 52 couples present, this large attendance fully justifying The Republican’s predietion that a band benefit dance in holiday week would be much better attended than the one the week before. .4 The band will be about SSO to’ the good on account of this dance.. And now comes Frank B. Meyer, P. M., who has tried to discount Uncle Nate Pendig’s robin song story by claiming that the fish are running in the river, and that he saw sTdozen grass pike, all in a bunch. Well, all flesh is grass, whether all are grass or not; and human veracity is liable to wobble a little, and in these days of exposure of official delinquency, the mere holding of an’official position, is not, in itself, a< sufficient guaranty of the reliability of a pretty stiff fish story. ' _ G. L. Thornton has sold his farm west of Surrey, and is preparing, to make a public sale at an early date. We are not informed as to who the purchaser is nor as to the price, but understand it is an Illinois man, and the price we can be certain is a substantial advance over what Green paid some years ago. Nor will we undertake to estimate how miny times he has sold and bought f trms in*the’vicinity of Rensselaer daring the last ten or 15 years, but he must have completely circumnavigated the town several times, by easy stages, in his many moves. And he makes money every

time he moves, that is a certain sure fact. Chicken Benny Fendig says the parties who-hollered awful about the poultry offal, on the river bank back of his place, were about a week too late. During the rush preceding Christmas, he did allow some accumlations of this kind, until he had more time to remove it, and though the scent of the rose may cling round it still, he says it was all gone from there a week before the City Council heard of it. It either was moved by Benny’s orders, or took wings itself and flew away, being largely wings and feathers, anyhow. The big and resplendent ice wagon Cooney Kellner received the other day, was not from Ghicago, as erronionsly stated, but came from South Bend, was made by the Studebakers,. and bought, through C. A. Roberts. And mentioning this vehicle reminds us that Cooney will look all right- on an ice wagon, and by the game token, he would •‘look good to us” on the “water wagon” also. And it looks like be would have a good chance to try it along next summer when his license runs out; and quite a number of others of the saloon-keeping gentry along with him,.judging from the result of the latest application for a license. w 1 (

County Superintendent Hamilton arrived home this forenoon, from attending the State Teachers’ Association, at Indianapolis, this week. It is the 9th consecutive meeting of the association he has attended, and he jsays iT waft the beet of them all. Riley Day was especially great Senator Beveridge presided, and made an address, and Henry Watterson delivered one of the most eloquent eulogies spon our great Hoosier poet, ever given on a similar occasion. Mr. Hamilton and Mr. Gray, principal of our high school, seem to have been the only representatives of this immediate vicinity present at the association. The Governor of Ohio has granted an unconditional pardon to Marvin Kuhns who Was serving a life sentence for manslaughter— He escaped a number of years ago and was recaptured at’ OUerbein, near Lafayette, by local after a most desperate resistance, during

which he was shot siveral times. His home was near Goshen, this state, and he was known as a most desperate criminal -and outlaw, who would kill an officer with no more compunction than he would a dog, when they sought to arrest him. It is generally considered, in this state, that the Ohio gover nor made a great migjake when he gave Kuhns a pardon. Arizona Jack, whose other name is Walker, the quadruple action short hand ' reporter and type writer ipqmipulater, now holding the good job of official reporter for eastern district of Arizona, has now a still better job practically cinched. It is the corresponding position kor the Western district of Arizona. The present incumbent is about to be ma e assistant district attorney, and John has been promised his .place. The salary is bigger than he gets now and the surroundings more satisfactory. The headquarters of the prospective position are at Tucson, gthe’jlargest place in Arizona. J. Emerson Reeve, beyond doubt the greatest, telegrapher Jasper county ever produced, and among the greatest any oth3r county ever did' has left the position he held in Chicago for so many years, and accepted a better one in the Postal Tel. Co., between*,New York and Boston. He is now working New York, which tS ohe of the fastest lines in the country, and pays about three times as much as an ordinary telegraph position. H« is a son of N. W. Reeve, the immutable agent of the American Express company here. .Hej learned his trade in the little old scrubby shack, which does duty as a rail road depot, here and from*'which place many other able telegraphers have been produced. The excellent music at the band benefit dance, last fjhight, was fui nished, by the Rensselaer Oreh estra, an organization closely affiliated with the band, and under the .same able instruction, that of Prof. White. It is the first time in Rensselaer’s musical, history it is said, certainly the first for quite a long time, when we have had a home orchestra which could furnish dance music to satisfy such a critical assembly as that of last night. But this orchestra gave the most complete satisfaction. There is a probability of the dance being repeated, next Monday night, in which case the music will be furnished by the same organization.

SATURDAY Highest temperature today 40 degrees. Lowest 23 degree. Tom Burns arrived from Decatur Mich., where he has been for several months. John Carmichael went to Marion today to spend a few days visiting his brother there. Kimberly, of Danville, 111., is visiting Miss Nora Baker, in Barkley township. a A three year-old sou of Joseph Leboldt, 6 miles northwest of town is very low with tuberculosis, - Tom Day of Champaign HI., returned home today after a short visit with his brother Hiram Day. Miss Marlatt and Mr. Boren were still two more Rensselaer teachers who attended the Teachers’ Association this week. I. M. Lewis, an instructor and senior student at Indiana University is spending the holiday vacrtion with friends in this vicinity. Mis. I. D. Walker of Barkley, arrived home this afternoon, after after a visit with her daughter, Mrs. Maud Duffy, at Wabash. Bhtriff O’Connor arrived home last night from a trip to Chillicothe M0.,,t0 visit his daughters, who are attending a girls, seminary there.

Mrs. H. E. Parkiaon and daughter Martha arrived home today from Hillsdale, Mich., where they have been visiting relatives for several days. - 1 . / , f. People were more scared than hurt by Friday’s blustering weather as the way it has got squared away again today is fine enough for anybody’s December weather. Abe Martin: Ther’s too mnch blamed tomfoolery ’ boat how t’ eat

nowerdays. I’d jist ez leave tek chances on splittin’ my tongue with a knife ez -pnnehin’ my eye out with a fork. I’ve met lots o’ college folks that said “butatoes” fer pertaters. ' 1 We hear from what *is a reliable jgource'that the Morocco people like Paul Jones in' his celebrated sea fight, “have not begun to fight yet” and are busy as bees preparing some other kind of a legal proceeding with, which to delay or defeat the Kentland court house. Attorney Abe Halleck moved his office today, from rooms in the Odd Fellows’ building into the rooms in Leopold’s corner building formerly occupied by J. J. Hunt, and which Mr. Halleck will use jointly, with Mose Leopold. They will be nicely fixed there. Arthur Tuteur, who heretofore has demonstrated his courage only as a fearless wielder of the birch in the Kniman schools, has now received the finishing touches in that line by being - dubbed a brave Knight of Pythias, at last evening’s sessions of the lodge of that order here. Mrs. W. L, Wishard has been called to Big Rapids, Mich., by the sad new that her father; Alfred Crisler, has been stricken with paralysis. ’The attack came last Monday night, since which time he has been helpless, and unable to take any nonrshment. The physicians hold out very little gucouragement, as to his recovery. Earl Duvall and family arrived from Rockville last night, and will henceforth be residents of. Rensselaer. He will devote the intervening time from rfoW to March Ist, in preparing for the opening of his clothing and gents’ furnishing store in the corner room of Leopold’s corner building. His partner will be George Lundy, of Gosport, and a coworker with Earl in the Rockville store. The new firm will he Duvall $ Lund£. ~ ~

And now another citizen adds his evidence to that of several others, already mentioned, of a late fall or an early spring. The citizen is George Ulm, in fche east part of town. His evidence is like the old man’s oxen “little, but oh Gosh!” For it was a real live misquito. He was caught buzzing around the breakfast table, lobking for a chance to get his own bill in someplace. And no corroborating wit nesses, nor affidavit of disinterested witness, was needed ia his case, for Mr. Ulm delivered the goods, having canght and landedthe skeeter at the Republican office, alive and kicking and with the point of his bill filed right down to 'stilletto point.

, .Claud A. Bagby, a student at Notre Dame University, was shot and instantly killed Friday night, by another student, whilelworking a pretended hold up, as a supposed joke. Earlier this week a yonng man died in Lonisville, from the effects of having been sent a shroud as a Christmas present, also as a “joke.” There is probably scarcely a week in the year when some man or o y is not killed or terribly injured, or some woman’s or girl’s nerves am not hopelessly shattered, at some place in this country, by some infernal fool’s so-called joke. In the aggregate, we have no donbt, that practical joke fatallities surpass those of footrball, in even its palmiest year, which this one seems to have been. It surely is high time the practical joke habit was reformed. _j

KONDAY. Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Brenner spent Sunday in Roselawn. W. C. Milliron went to Denver, Ind., today, to visit relatives. Mrs. Lucy E. Sample, . returned today from a short visit with relatives at Wabash. R. E. Perkins of Mishawauka, Ind., returned home today after a short visit here with his brother J. H. Perkins. Mrs. George Barcas and children of Wabash returned home today, after a week’s visit with relatives in this vicinity. Mrs. Arthnr Nowels and children of Columbia City, returned borne today after spending holiday week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. JV H M. Wasson. ’ * - '

Mr. and Mrs. Aafcty Seoft, retamed home today, alter a short visit with rela ives at Indianapo lis and Franklin. ,■ R. Y. Haas, of Chicago visited his brother, Gyrus Haas over Sun day and today the latter being seriously sick with a kidney trouble. Dr. J. L. Porter, of Chicago, came Saturday afternoon, on account of the sickness of his mother, at 8. S. Shedd’s place as noted in our Saturday’s issue. Miss Grace .Chapman of St. Joseph, Mich., returned home today, after spending the holidays with her brother James Chapman. Dick Fidler returned this morning to Chicago, after spending the Holidays here with friends and relatives. He is a student at Rush Medical College. A fine New Years dance will be given at the Armory tonight, by the Rensselaer Orchestra, and for its benefit. The organization surely deserves a generous encouragement. Robt. Fendig who is holding down a good job in Kankakee, 111., came today for a short- visit with his parents Mr. and Mrs. Nathaq, Fendig. -' * Rev. A. G. Work now of South Chicago filled the pulpit of the Presbyterian Church here yesterday in the absence of the pastor Rev. Parrett, and returned home today. / ' 1 Mr. nd Mrs. B. E. Malone of Monticello came today for a short visio with Mrs. Malone’s mother Mrs. Elizebeth Shield’s, whose injury with a broken arm has been mentioned.

Of the five eelipses to occur this year only one, a total eclipse of the moon, will be visible here, and that occurs on the night of February 8, but so late at night that hardly any one except Night watch Lyman Zea will get to see it. Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Duvall have returned from a visit to their son John, and other relatives at Grand Rapids, Mich., and have fully decided to remove to that place, as soon as they can make the necessary arrangements. They surprised John with a fine gold watch, "as a Christmas present. Mead Prevo, son of Mr. and Mrs A.W. Prevo, of Gillam township left on Tuesday for Caldwell, Idaho, near which place he expects~to go to farming, having entered claim on eighty acres of government land. We unite with the many friends of Mead in wishing him success in his new undertaking and a happy and prosperous future.—Medaryville Advertiser.

A. F. Florence, of Yates Center, Kans., hot who grew up on the old Florence farm, about two miles northeast of town, is making his first visit since he left here, 25 years ago; and he hardly could get his bearings, so greatly has our city changed. He is practicing law in Yates Center, and begins today his eighth year as county and prosecuting attorney of Yates county. Charley Mann, one of Rensselaer’ many able railway mail clerks, was in a pretty dangerous wreck, Thursday morning, over south of Kankakee on the Big Four. Quite a;number of persons were pretty badly hurt, but Charley was only braised and wrenched a little. Charley’s run is now on what the clerks call, “The Bound Robin,’* which goes out from Cincinnati on the Big Four and goes back over the Monon. _ r

Lulu Tyler Gates, by general consent one of the best in the Library Lecture course series, and declared by the Slayton Lectnre Burean agent to be the very best of the list, will be here Friday evening ood give their performance at the o era house. Her company consists of herself as reader, WalUr Bentley Ball, as baritone, Ebba Hjerstedt, as violinist, and Grace Gilmore, as pianist. In reference to Postmaster General Cortelyon’s recommendation that the postage on a four pound parcel of merchandise in'the United States be reduced from 64 cents to 32 cents, the St. Loots Globe-Dem ocrat observes: ‘‘That would be something, but in Germaby the -postage on an eleven-pound parcel is 12 oents, and r* England athree-

pound pared i* earned for 10 cents postage, with houseAo house eoldedtioii and delivery.”,, ‘‘As the days b'gia to lengthen, the. cold begins to strengthen. ’ But, as yet, neither, the lengthen* ing nor the j>:rengfhoing process lias cut or made much ice. ‘The lengt hiring, of the days amounts to only two minutes, from their shortest, of ten days ago, and the coldest .yet this.year was 18 above zero, this morning. “ Madsritme arid Esther Phillips left tod'y frir Minneapolis Minn., where they will reside in the future with their mother. Their grandparents Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Blue accompanied them as far as Chicago and from there will be accompanied by , Prof. Albert Marshall, who is returning to his duties at North Dakota Agricultural College. " U icle Mtr-jh W truer is' no pondering over the goose-bone to see what the weatner is to be in February with his accustomed care usual at this time of the year, as he expects to handle machine made ice, this year, and that freezes up as tight as a drum, no matter what the weather is. However he Venturas, off handed as his “candid opinion that it will be devilish cold.” ° Quite a notable wedding will take place at Remington, next Wednesday, which will be that of Mr. Edward Bellows mid Miss Oca Wilson, daughter ot Mr. and Mrs. John R. Wilson. The prospective bridegroom is the only son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert J. Bellows and it has been arranged that he will take charge of their fine farm, west of Remington, while Mr. and Mrs. Bellows will retire from active life and locate in Rensselaer.

A tough citizen of Valparaiso named Harry Brandon, who has found it convenient to depart for parts unknown, favored the Chesterton Tribune with an before he left. Among other items in his confession was that he had been in the steel range peddling business. He said he had sold two car loads of ranges in Porter county alone, and got $9 apiece more for each stove than the local dealeis sold the same article for. Wonder if our farmer readers will not make a note of this and remember it th« next time the steel range fakers iHvade Jasper county? The boss big load of corn of all anti quity, was hauled to an elevator at Otterbein, one day recently. Big prizes had been offered by the elevator and many huge loads had teen hauled in, but finally Frank Frazier fixed up a load which took the prize. Ha arranged a wagon box 11 stories high, and in this hauled in 238 bushels with four horses. Men walked on both sid< s of the wagon with guy ropes to steady it where the road made it necessary. The distance was fire miles. It was a condition that a straight-bed wagon be used. The prizes offered made the load amount to about S3OO. When you buy a stove at E. -D. Rhoades the price, is right. Buy a stove now at Rhoades’ and save yourself 20 per cent. 20 per cent off on all heating stoves at E. D. Rhoades. I have 4,000 acres ofgoodV>3 proved farms in Wells oounty to sell. Any one wanting a good farm call on me. Sylvehteb Gkay. rtlp

Wanted—Men to learn barber trade. IQ positions for every graduate. Top waxes paid. Few weeks completes. Course inclndes tools and diplomas. Can nearly earn expenses if desired. Catalogue mailed free. Moler Bai her College Chioago, 111. Bny an Umpire Estate wood heater of Rhoades and you will be more than pleased.