Evening Republican, Volume 14, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1910 — Page 1

No. 2.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Try our- Brazil block coal. It is a splendid coal. Order of phone 273. Mrs. John Bislosky, east of town, is confined to her bed with the grip. ■ ■■■ I Get your hard coal of the Rensselaer Lumber Co. All sizes. Car of chestnut hard coal just in. All sizes now in stock. J. Li BRADY. A. J. Abbott has been confined to his bed for the past week with heart trouble. Give us your next order for cook stove coal. We have the best. J. L. BRADY, v Mrs. J. T. Randle, who has been quite sick for the past week, is now somewhat better. Joseph Childers, of Delphi, is visiting his uncle, J. W. Childers, and his cousin, Mrs. Frank Rowen.

The best soft coal on the market— Pluto-Cannal. •MAINES & HAMILTON. Howard Mills will return home today from a short visit at Ottawa, HI., wlt£ his grandfather, Charles P. Smith, who was M. . years oT'hge Christmas day. Mrs. William Adams and three children, who have been visiting Mrs. Elanor Adams and family for the past month, went to Joliet, 111., yesterday to visit her relatives and will go from there to Aberdeen, S. Dak., to which place he has moved from St. Cloud, Minn., during Mrs. Adams’ visit here. The thaw which started last Friday and continued until Sunday evening, made great Inroads into the snow, although* very little of the water found its way to the streams, laying on the ground. A freeze last night, accompanied by a thin layer of sleet, froze up the water and made an ice layer over everything. Harrison Wasson will have a public sale on Jan. 14th at the Welsh Bros.’ farm 6 miles south and 1 mile west of Rensselaer. He is undecided what he will do the coming year. He has 12 head of good horses and mules, 16 head of cattle and a good lot of farming implements.

Home Grocery When its chid and you can’t get fresh fruits nnd vegetables, try a can of our SWEET POTATOES— Extra dry packed. 15c can. STRINGLESS BEATS— So tender and ’perfect that they can hardly be distinguished from the fresh ones. 10c can. SPINACH— Selected quality, very fine. lie can. * * ASPARAGAS POINTS— No woody stalks, Just the sweet tender tips. 25c can. PUMPKIN— Van Camp Golden. 10c can. SAUER KRAUT— Van Camp’s, the kind that's clean.. 10c can. CORN AND PEAS — New 1909 pack. 8 l-*c 10c, lllie and lie can. PORK AND PEAS— Thn new one; better than pore Cnd beans, lie can. And always Millar Coffee and A. A K Flour. * Daring the winter months we close at • p. mu except Saturdays open till 11.tt. Telephone 41.

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Ask your grocer sot Quaker Bread. Miss Fame Haas spent Sunday in Lowell with Mrs. S. A Simpson. It don’t pay, to bake when you can buy Fate’s fine Quaker Bread. All Bizes of hard coal at the Rensselaer Lumber yards. A friend in need is a friend indeed. Try Quaker bread. Mrs. Frank Rowen continues in very bad health and her condition is not very encouraging. Just received two car loads Chestnut Anthracite. Maines & Hamilton. Phone 273. Fate’ Quaker Bread is the talk of the town. Get it at his bakery or ask your grocer for it. Mrs. L. R. Leake nee Jennie Bernard, will sing at the Methodist church this evening. Her friendß are invited to hear her. .«* The Rensselaer Lumber Co. has all sizes of hard coal and the best varieties of soft coal. Order as soon as possible.

Miss Pearl Timmons, who has been the chief operator at the central office of the Jasper County Telephone Co".,'has resigned, and Miss Florence Moore has taken her place. » Just received, on assignment;' a large stock of sweaters, will be sold at a sacrifice, at the Leopolds’ Van Rensselaer street, south of Fate’s restaurant. The college girls and boys have about all returned to their schools, some going the latter part of the week, some going Sunday and others today. If you have never tritd Arlstos or Gem of the Valley flour, the great prize winners, call and get a small sample sack. ' JOHN EGER. Walter Zard left for his home near Mitchell, S. Dak., this morning, and was accompanied by Jerry Garland and Floyd Spain, who expect to visit there for the next month. Joe Leach left this morning for Geddes, S. Dak., leaving his wife for a longer visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Eldridge. Joe is getting to the front out there' and this year has 100 head of cattle and raised enough corn to feed them.

John W. Kern, who took the democratic nomination for governor two times when the election of a republican was a foregone conclusion and who - accepted the democratic vloepresldential nomination when defeat was certain, refuses to accept the peace offerings of the party leaders Who turned him down after making him believe that he would be made the United Btates senator, and openly charges that in the "double-crossing” he received, the hands of the brewing Interests of the state were shown in the election of B. F. Shively. Probably no greater case of Ingratitude was ever shown in Indiana than the turning down of Hon. John W. Kern, whose faithfulness to his party and whose sacrifices for it deserved the greatest reward that Indiana democrats could bestow, than the manner In he was turned down for United States Senator. He is now attacked in an interview by Representative Garrard, the democratic leader in the house, and replying to Garrard says: "I have no reply to make to anything Mr. Garrard has to say. He is beneath my contempt and always has been.” BE BURE and ask your grocer for Quaker Bread. It Is the best. Get your order in early for hard coal. We have all sites. RUNMET.IBB LUMBER CO.

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RENSSELAER, INDIANA, MONDAY, JANUARY S, 1910.

REY. C. L. HARPER HAKES 220 NEW YEAR’S CALLS.

Shakes Hands With Almost a Thousi and People and Puts in Busiest New Year’s Day on Record. . ' * Rev. C. L. Harper, pastor of Trinity M. E. church; had a busy day Saturday, and certainly holds the record for New Year’s calls. He started out tolerably soon after breakfast with the intention of calling on all Methodist families and as many families not identified with any church as he could, confining himself to the city corporation. He took the central residence section first, working from the extreme eastern to the extreme western parts of the city and traveling from house to house on foot. Where theTe was quite a little distance between houses t}ie. minister disregarded the dignified stride of most preachers and broke into a little trot. He had lots of places to go and didn’t want to slight any of them. After dinner he enlisted the services of a brother in the church with a horse and buggy and started to visit the more remote parts of the city. Before evening he had visited 150 homes, 70 stores, offices and business places and estimates that he had shaken hands and wished a “Happy New Year” to between 800 and 1,000 people, giving each a warm smile and carrying the gospel of good cheer wherever he went.

The work was not accomplished without a lot of hustling and when the shades of night brought the day to a close Rev. Harper found himself quite exhausted and ready for rest. Today he feels the effect of his hustling, and his limbs are sore but he is happy in the belief that-he has performed a pastoral very thoroughly. ; At each home he left a card worded as follows: A HAPPY NEW YEAR.Dear Friend: With kindest greetings I extend to you my hand in fellowship and brotherly sympathy on this the threshold of a new year. It is my earnest prayer that the blessing of our Father may rest upon you—upon your home-life, your friendships, and your temporal affairs, and above all upon your spiritual life; that during this year all things may work together for good to you. May I depend upon you as a fellow worker —upon your presence, your pfayers, your sympathy, and your selfdenying efforts to make this a triumphant year in our church. Affectionately, Your Pastor, CHARLES L. HARPER, ■ ■ *• J'.'.' Phone 236. Rensselaer, Ind., Jan. 1, 1910.

Peasley Clark, Burled at Old Home In Elizabethtown, Ohio.

Peasley Clark, whose death occurred in Oklahoma City, Okla., as related in this paper, was buried at Elizabethtown, Ohio, beside the grave of his mother. The funeral took place Thursday. His cousin, Sam Stephens, went from here to Sheldon, 111., after learning of the accident, and notified Peasley’s sister, Mrs. Thos. Wilkison, and instructions were at once telegraphed to Oklahoma. City to have the body shipped back to his old home at Elizabethtown, Ohio, where his father now lives and where his mother is buried. Mrs. Wilkison went to the funeral but Sam did not go. He returned here Saturday night. Mr. Clark carried an accident Insurance policy but whether or not he bad kept it paid up is not known here. He was 40 years of age. Order-your coal, either hard or •oft, of the Rensselaer Lumber Co. All sixes of hard ooal now on hand. In the bread contest at the Farmera* Institute Deo. 16th, our flours. Arlstos and Gem of the Valley, won first, second and third prises out of 57 entries from Jasper county, All the leading brands of flour were represented in the oontest JOHN BOER Miss Stella Hansen, who has been at Winona for several months, came home last Friday, and after a ten days’ or two weeks’ visit here will go to Illinois for a visit with friends.

John Makeever Nearing the End; Death May Occur Before Midnight.

John Makeever is very low today Monday and there seems no hope for a change for the better. He has been conscious most of the time but has been unable to talk and takes no nourishment. He sleeps most of the time and it is probable that he will pass .away without pain. It was thought at about 9 o’clock this morning that he was dying but he rallied slightly. His passing away, however, is now almost hourly expected.

Took Oath of Office at 11:30; New Mayor and Council Now.

George F. Meyers was made Mayor by taking the oath of office at 11:30 o’clock this Monday morning. It was administered by retiring Mayor J. H S. fillis, who followed by taking tr.e oath of the other new officers, R. D. Thompson treasurer; Chas. Morlan, clerk; Geo. W. Hopkins, D. E. Grow, Frank Kresler, C. J. Dean and A. G. Catt, councilmen. The ceremony was performed in Clerk Morlan’s office in the court house, and was witnessed by only a few outside those directly interested, among them being Rev. C. L. Harper and County Surveyor W. Frank Osborne. The council will meet this Monday evening at 7:30 o’clock and the mayor will announce his appointments, viz: the city marshal and his committees. It is understood that these committees have already been and the members of the council who have held one or two closed chamber meetings have been informed of the action in this matter. The council members hpve also been counciled with relation to the marshal appointment. Appealed to at noon today to give thd Republican the announcing the name of the marshal in this evening’s paper, the mayor refused, saying he deemed it best to withhold the name of his man until the meeting of the council tonight. During recent days the name of J. K. Davis has been prominently mentioned in this capacity, and the impression seems to prevail that he is to be the appointee.

Mrs. Eli Arnold had a letter from hey husband, who, with his brother, Charley, are now in Cuba. The letter was written just after their arrival in Omaja, on Christmas night. At that time they had not yet had time to enquire into the particulars of Chris. Arnold’s death. The weather is very warm there, and Eli was surprised to see all the people, both men and women, dressed in white clothing. They could not tell at that time how long their business would detain them. George W. Terhune, a former Jasper county man, and who will be remembered by many of our older people, writes in having his subscription to the Republican renewed, as follows: “I am still alive and as well and hearty as I have been for some years, so I will send for another year’s subscription to the Republican. I love to hear from my old friends. How 1 would like to see them. I wish them all a happy journey for another year. My best wishes to you and your paper. I love to read it.” Mr. Terhune now lives at Garden City, Kans., and is well along in years. Herbert Zea went to Chicago this morning to look for a job firing on the Indiana Harbor railroad. Robert P. Johnson and son, Leonard, of lAfayette, spent Sunday with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Clark.

Oscar Howe and R. B. Porter were in from Hanging Grove township this morning to have the Republican print their sale bills for their combined sale which will take place on Thursday, Jan. 20th, at their farm IV4 miles east of McCoysburg. It is the largest of the sales so far advertised to take place in Jasper county* this year and about 70 head of stock will be sold that day. The sale will be extensively advertised, not only in Rensselaer papers, but also in at Monon, Francesville and Wolcott. The 10:65 train going south will stop at McCoysburg to discharge passengers on the day of the sale and the train from the south due here at 6:02 p. m„ will also stop there to get the passengers and bring them back.

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NEWS IN PARAGRAPHS.

Dr. George B. McGoogan, of Ft. Wayne, now United States consul at Laprogresso, Mexico, expects to come home about April 17th for a visit. lie has been away for six years. After March 1, 1910, soda fountains in Illionis must be placarded so that customers may know the ingredients of the mixtures which are sold over ihe counter. Quail and owls are freezing and starving throughout Missouri because of the severe winter. The state is paying farmers in twenty-five counties to feed wild birds. Asa Davis, aged 77 years,' who lived east of Terre Haute, tried to keep up with the young men husking corn, but froze his feet and died from the effects of the amputation. Miss Lucene Goodenow, daughter of George Goodenow, of Kalamazoo, Mich., will be married on January 12 at the home of her parents to Kiohei ’.nukai, a Japanese artist of Chicago. The going dry of water wells at Waterloo has resulted in the shutting down of both the city water and light plants. The boilerß in the light plant were fed with water from the city wells. Hog cholera is reported in various parts of Wayne county. A loss of 80 head, valued at |2,000, is reported from south of Richmond, and a loss of S3OO by Mrs. Emma Lamb, near Greensfork. Marvin J. Rank, while feeding cattle at his farm near Wabash, was butted by a bull and his forehead crushed in. It is believed he will not live, but an operation to relieve the pressure upon the brain was performed. Thomas Merriman, colored, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Loesch at New Albany Monday night on a grand jury warrant charging him with illegal voting. Repeating is the specific charge and he is accused of voting twice at the recent city election.

Noble county's ‘‘grand old man,” Jacob Boszor, celebrated his 100th birthday anniversary with his children Tuesday. Mr. Boszor was born in Ohio, Dec. 28, 1809, of German parentage. During his early youth he was physically feeble. Mrs. Silas Anson, of Evansville, is a widow for the second time from the same kind of an accident. Some time ago her first husband was killed by a flying piston rod in an Evansville furniture factor? and her second husband met a similar death. The Kellner family, of Louisville, Ky., in a last effort to gain tidings of their daughter, Alma, who mysteriously disappeared three weeks ago, is mailing letters to every grand lodge of Masons in the United States and Canada, requesting aid in searching for the child. Halley'B comet will be visible here in about six weeks, according to Prof. Edwin D. Frost of the Yerkes observatory, William Bay, Wls. The exact location of the heavenly visitor can-* not be told even by the astronomers at present, on account of the bright moonlight.

The special committee of Copenhagen university, which investigated Dr. Frederick Cook’s polar records, is now considering whether or not it will publish a second report, giving further details of its work. If the committee decides to do so It will Issue the report about the middle of January. Harry Kline, who. with Harry Golding. escaped from the Shelby county Jail 'several weeks ago hr sawing through one of the Iron windows, returned and has given himself up to the sheriff. Kline was sent to Jail for 100 days by Mayor Swath, on the charge of loitering. After he had served fifty days be escaped. Ooldlng la thought to be in the northern part of the state.

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It is declared that rabbits in Wayne county* are infected with diphtheria at the present time. Paul Woodward, 15 years old, son of O. C. Woodward, of Linton, died from over-exertion. With a number of companions the boy had been running and playing with his sled all morning, and while running after a vehicle in the street he became exhausted and fell to the ground unconscious. He died shortly afterward. The city council of Washington, Ind., has passed an ordinance allowing Fielding Colbert, sheriff of Daviess county, the SIOO reward offered tor the arrest of John Eagle, the man who was sentenced to Michigan City for life for assaulting 11-year-old Blanche Wise several weeks ago. The police qffleers at Vincennes claimed the reward. The arrest was made in Illinois near Vincennes.

Irecipitation During The Year Jast Closed.

While Indiana was undergoing a theoretical "dry” movement the records of the U. S. weather bureau kept by L. C. Klosterman at the college, show that it was mighty wet in fact, as regards precipitation, and during the year there was a total of 63.31 inches of rain, melted snow, etc. By months the precipitation was as follows: January 2.29 February 7.1® March 2.77 April g. 76 May 3.38 June 5.42 July 5.02 August 7.33 September „...' 4.26 October 2.51 November 4.20 December 3.21 Total 53.31 Good evening, have yotTbroken all of those New Year resolutions yet? Miss Virenda Rainier, of Lafayette, is visiting her sister, Mrs. M. D. Gwin. There are a number of cases of measles in town, largely confined to first grade pupils, although there have been several adult cases. Riley Snyder has them now, as also has Earl Boyd, Who works on the Ed Ran ton farm. Have you a weak throat? If so, you can not be too careful. You cannot begin treatment too early. Each cold makes you more liable to another and the last is always the harder to cure, if you will take Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy at the outset you will be saved much trouble. Sold by all dealers. c

Extra Charge for Hitch-Up Calls.

I have decided to make a minimum charge of 60 centa for all calla that require an extra hltchlng-up of my but teams. After train time and during the day or night when an extra hitching up of teams la required I will charge 60 cents for one, two or four passengers to any part of the city. It Is not Infrequent that Just after putting the teams away some one calla and wants to be taken across the town. It these calls are left at either my residence or at the Makeever house so that I can get them at train hours and the calls be answered then, there will be no increase In pilose, but when they occur after teams are put away the a bore price will prevail,

FRANK KRESLER,

Christian Church Banquet.

The Christian church will hold Its annual banquet and social on day evening, Jan. I, 1910. All persona connected with the church are hereby notified and expected to he pres* . fwp . .. 4 ent

G. H. CLARKS. Pastor.

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