Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 March 1911 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Martin L. Pass left for his home in LaJuntay' Colo., this afternoon. Mrs. George Green, whose condition

has, been mentioned several times in these columns, will be operated on Thursday at the Wesley hospital in Chicago.

A new dog ordinance-at Wheatfield provides that canines shall not be allowed to run at large unless they are ' tied or muzzled.’ That is a good deal like the old caution to the girl who was to go swimming by hangii v her clothes on a hickory limb and not going near the water.

Billy Sunday, the well known evangelist, collapsed in Lima, Ohio, last week, during his herculean efforts to swell the number of conversions at his meetings. A number of persons who had professed conversion went forward to the pulpit justas the evangelist keeled over. He revived later, but was forced to let up in his exertions.

M. L. Hemphill continues to sell his horse stocks and a set are shipped out every few days. He received a letter in response to an adv., from Lyons, France, one day last week, but could find no one who could read and translate it. The fame of the stocks is not confined to this continent and they have been shipped to a number of foreign countries and to practically every state in the union.

The Delphi Daily Herald has been sold to Chester A. Gregory, a school teacher. The Herald editor’s wife recently sued him for divorce and he scooped the other newspapers there by being the first paper to tell ab"»at it. That is “live wire” journalism, and it will take a hostler to keep up the “additional, local” features of .a* Herald to the standard set by Brother Baker. Success is hoped for the new proprietor, Editor Gregory.

An elopement occurred some two weeks ago from Union township that created considerable comment there, but did not get into the newspapers. The principals were Retta Brown, the daughter of Joe Brown, and Omar Lakin, a widower with three children. The couple went to §outh Bend or 'Chicago or some other place and it is said the girl’s parents objected seriously to the match. Lakin’s first wife is living some place in the west.

Judge Barroch was o v er from Kentland this morning. When he was in "Texas .recently he was Interviewed by a reporter with a strong German ’dialect. The reporter always started out by saying: “Excuse me, I’m a newspaperman,” which struek , ith« judge as being very funny, for he had never before heard of a man apologizing for his occupation and especially a newspaperman. He has doubtless seen a number of so-called lawyers, however, who owed an apology for the presumption.

Mrs. James Powell, who lives in the former Chas. Simpson' property in the west part of town, suffered a slight stroke of paralysis last Tuesday and a physician was not called hut on Friday a request was sent to the socalled ‘’divine dealers” at Fair Oaks and several of them are said to have responded. Mrs. W. W. Warne was here and conducted a meeting and according to neighbors the praying was Loth long and noisy and continued largely through the day and night. Mrs. Powell is said to be Improved.

True D. Woodworth took over the sprinkling proposition which both be and Lem Houston were figuring on Monday and the first sprinkling wis done this morning. It certainly seemed like old times to have the di st laid and Washington street looks better than it has for a long time. M.\ Woodworth have to buy a new team. He made the first trip with the city team and then hired a team for this afternoon. He has resigned his work with the county surveyor on the Ryan- ditch and will give the sp'-Ink-ling his entire time.

B. Forsythe came from Winamac this morning to look after some matters on his farm, occupied by Lewis Hooker. He will have the fruit trees, of which there are 332, trimmed and sprayed and is also having some hedge fence pulled. *He has been making life miserable for his business competitors at Wlnamac since they failed to put him out of business and has had the beet business since the first week he opened up. He does not expect to move his stock again,( but will continue iu business for some time at Wlnamac, but plans to get out of business when be can do so .vithout too great a sacrifice and will then return here and enjoy bis fine nume. Mrs, Forsythe continues In very good health.