Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1912 — Page 1

No. 34.

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LOCAL HAPPENINGS. Phone 273 for coal, wood and feed. Try krs. Green's “Best Ever” mince pie; the kind that mother made. Phone 477. | Miss Lois Thompson last evening entertained the girls’ dozen club at “500.” Let Hamilton & Kellner do your grinding. We make first grade table meal, cobmeal, ground corn and chop. A box social will be held at the school house at Pair Oaks, February 10th, for the benefit of the M. E. church. Largest and best assortment of embroideries ever shown in Rensselaer are now on display at Rowles & Parker’s Big Corner Department Store. The regular 10-cent social of ‘‘the M E. church will be held at Mrs. Dr. Brown's Tuesday afternoon, February 13. A general invitation is extended to all. 18 pounds H. & E. granulated sugar for SI.OO with SI.OO worth or more of other groceries. ROWLES & PARKER’S. The M. E. ladies of sections 7 and 11 will conduct a market of homemade bread and doughnuts Saturday forenoon at VanArsdel’s. Your patronage solicited. Storm serges and English whipcord effects are the newest thing in the dress goods line at Rowles & Parker’s. The Western Union Telegraph Co. is erecting new poles for its lines in Rensselaer, extending from the city office in the Makeover hotel to the new depot They are also changing the poles and wires from the street to the alley, going down the alley between Weston and Cullen street. Don’t use harsh physics. The, reaction v/eakens the bowels, leads to chronic constipation. Get Doan’s Regulets. They operate easily, tone the stomach, cure constipation. Will Markin has purchased the 80acre farm of Minnie Brown, 1% miles west of. Gifford and will move there on Mlarch Ist, He has lived on Mrs. Candice Loughridge’s farm, 6 miles north of Rensselaer, for some time and will conduct a sale there to reduce his stock to the needs of a smaller farm. His sale will take place Fehruary 19th. “My child was burned terribly about the face, neck and chest. I applied Dr. Thomas’ Eclectic Oil. The pain ceased and the child sank into a restful slumber.” —Mrs. Nancy M. Hanson, Hamburg, N. Y.

Basket Ball MtnMlo H. S. VS. Rensselaer H. S. AT THE ARMORY • \ —■ —— t ' , f • Friday Afternoon FEBRUARY, Bill AT 4 O’CLOCK '> i-v V '. ‘ • : ’ : - T Admission, 25 Conte; Hoatkeilo High School rtiht with the Wot teams ia liuUaaa tad Renssdtir will pd all iti spirit Uto the coatest it will he a real game from whistle to whistle. Come oit tel help tho old ftti ud Black.

The Evening Republican.

TONIGHT’S PROGRAM SPECIAL TONIGHT 3,000 FEET OF FILMS, Sitting Bull, thu Hero of Custer’s last Fight. “SATE YOtIB COUPONS.

COUNTY COMMISSIONERS ADJOURNED WEDNESDAY.

Changed Voting Place in Walker Township and Established Stone Road In Barkley. The county commissioners at the February term of court changed the voting place in Walker township from Kniman to Walker Center school house. Kniman was a very inconvenient point to a large portion of the voters of the township, being miles out of the way for many of the voters, talker Center is nearly in the center of the township. Efforts have been made at various times to change the place of voting but were unsuccessful. The change was made upon petition of F. M. Hershman, et al. In the petition of W. H. Wortley for a ditch the time was extended in in which to file report to the second day of the March term. It was ordered that L. Strong act In place of L. P. Shlrer. The contract for three bridges in Kankakee township was awarded to Henry Crip for $1,072, and one to the Attica Bridge Co., in the same township for $742. A remonstrance was filed against the stone road petitioned for by S. C. Irwin, et al, in Barkley township. The remonstrance was overruled and Will Daugherty was appointed superintendent and ordered to give bond and proceed to let the contract. The remonstrqtors gave notice of appeal to the circuit court. ‘ The contract for the Marble stone road in Wheatflefd towhship was let to- Charles Kainain, of Medaryville, for $26,750. Bonds were ordered Issued in amount of $5,800, payable in 10 years, for the Joseph Stewart, et al, stone r6ad in Hanging Grove township. The auditor was directed to give notice of letting contract for poor farm supplies for the ensuing quarter. The township poor reports were approved. The county surveyor was directed to prepare plans and specifications for bridges in Hanging Grove, Gillam and Kankakee townships. Contract to be let at the March term. The county board of finance reported interest collected on county "funds he follows: Interest for December: T. & S. Bank ....$33.09 State Bank. Remington. 41.18 State Bank, Rensselaer 37.00 Bank of Wheatfleld 22.09 Interest for January: First Nat. Bank 62.76 T. & S. Bank 23.67 State Bank, Remington 27.65 State Bank, Rensselaer 26.88 Bank of Wheatfleld 12.38

Are you using White Star or Acme flour, the best flour on the market. White Star, $1.35; Acme, $1.45. ROWLES & PARKER’S. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Rhoades were over from Morocco Sunday visiting their parents. ‘‘Jim’’ Is now working as a lineman for the Morocco Telephone Co., and they will remove their household goods to that town as soon as they can flnd a house there to move Into. -^ Rowles & Parker have Just received theft* entire spring stock of embroideries which is the most complete they have ever shown. All widths in fiouncings, allovers, galoon trimmings, insertion and baby sita. ■ - This is a beautiful morning but it followed another below zero night The college weather bureau reports that some time during the night the mercury sank to 6 below zero. The foreeast is still of the groundhog shadow variety, namely, continued cold. / Our new line of spring dress goods are now in stock. The new shades in blues and tans. ROWLES & PARKER. John Loehrke, of Oilman, 111., was in Rensselaer today. He now owns the, formed Garrison form, in east Jordan township, consisting of 130 acres, and will move there the first of nezt

Batmd January 1, xaa7, aa acooad clam nuUl matter, at tha post-oKoc at Baaaaalaer, Indiana, under the act of Karen 8, 1870.

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1912.

B. S. FENDIG TO ENTER BUSINESS IN CHICAGO.

Successful Produce and Junk Dealer to Become Managing Partner of Large Chicago Coaeern. B. S. Fendig, for many years the leading poultry and junk dealer in Rensselaer and one of our leading and most highly respected citizens, has decided to leave Rensselaer and engage in business in Chicago, where he is to become a half partner and the active business manager of the large produce business of Carl Decker & Co., located on West Randolph street between Union and Halstead. The concern does a large business in the buying and selling of butter, eggs, poultry and fancy produce, also pelts from fur-bearing animals, its selling market being both in Chicago and the east. Mr. Fendig has been negotiating for an interest in the business for some time and considers the opening one of such excellence that he can not afford to pass it up, although he will leave Rensselaer with great reluctance, as here he has successfully engaged in business for many years. It was B. S. Fendig who first put the poultry, egg and junk business on a substantial business here and he Is the man that has given Rensselaer a name as a market center for the products all the way from Chicago to the leading cities of the Atlantic. He has been a maket finder and having found It has paid the price that brought him produce from many miles away, right out of tha. towns where other concerns pretended to be competitors. He has had the reputation for years of being the best paying buyer in northwestern Indiana and especially during the turkey market season has he succeeded in making prices that brought produce from long distances. Every fall his plant has been & scene of great industry and thousands of pounds of poultry have been shipped to New York and Boston. He has given the Fendig stamp on dressed poultry a meaning of superiority throughout the consuming stations. His enterprise has attracted attention and for many years he has been importuned to engage in business in Chicago and New York, but never until last fall has be seriously considered It. This move was made after mature deliberation and the opportunity seems to be so inviting that he does not deem it wise to pass it up. Mr. Fendig will continue in business in Rensselaer at least for the next year, and will place his foreman, Charles Stephenson, who has proven himself qualified both as a competent foreman and as a business man, in charge. Mr. Stephenson will cqptinue to do business at the old stand, having Mr. Fendig*s full credit upon which to conduct the business. He will also have a limited partnership In the business. Mr. Stephenson came here from Mbnticello several years ago. He has been a steady, always dependable man and haß enjoyed the full confidence of Mr. Fendig during the period of his employment here and has also made friends with the farmers and producers. Mr. Fendig will not move his family to Chicago until Mhy, so that his little daughter may complete the school term here. He will go to Chicago Monday and at once enter upon his duties. His '‘broad experience in the buying and Belling markets should serve him well in his new and larger business and we are certain that we voice unanimous sentiment of Rensselaer and Jasper county people when we say that his removal will be regretted by all but that all will hope for bis great sue? cess in Chieago.

Cedar Lake Girl Ran Away; Returned Home Same Day.

Bessie Ashton, 15 years of age, ran away from her home at Cedar Lake, because she did not want to go to school. She Went to Hammond on the milk train Tuesday morning. Her parents soon learned'that she was not in school and started Sheriff Grant in search of hier. She was found during the afternoon at the Monon station in Hammond with a ticket foi r her return to Cedar Lake. She said she had seen, enough of the world and was ready to go back home and to school.

O. O. Hammertoe Body Arrived From Mexico—Funeral Sunday.

Tbe body of O. O. Hammerton arrived today on thellrSl train from Roswell, N. Mex. Mrs. Hammerton was met in . Chicago by ber brother. Jerry Tullis and by Mrs. E. L. Hammerton. The funsral will probably not be held until Sunday.

MRS. EDWARD CAIN DIED AFTER LONG SICKNESS.

Aged Lady Passed Away Wednesday Afternoon at Home South of Rensselaer—Funeral Saturday. Mrs. Edward Cain, whose age was past 80 years, and who had been a resident of Jasper county for thirty years or more, Idled Wednesday evening at 6 o’clock at the Cain home south of Rensselaer. She had been an invalid for a long time and for almost two years had been almost totally disabled, having to be movedoabou* in a wheel chair. Two weeks ago she was taken worse but she was not regarded as dangerously ill until Sunday. She is survived by her husband and, four children, namely, Francis Cain, of McCook, Neb.; Edward J. Cain, of Hastings, Neb.; Joseph, who lives east of Rensselaer and Thomas, who lives on the home place, 2% miles south of Rensselaer, where her death occurred. The funeral arrangements will not be completed until the arrival of Francis and Edward from Nebraska. They are expected today. It will take place at St. Augustine’s Catholic church in Rensselaer, probably Saturday morning, burial being made in Mt. Calvary cemetery, south of this city.

W. R. C. Barrel of Fruit Welcomed at Soldiers's Home.

The barrel of fruit sent by the Rensselder Womans’ Relief Corps, No. 39, to the state soldiers’ home at Lafayette, for a New Years gift, very joyously received, as the following letter received recently will show: Mrs. Ida Benjamin, Rensselaer, Irid., Dear Sister: Your barrel of fruit came in good shape and was certainly fine. Please accept our sincere thanks for it in the names of our sick ones, rfhd we have many of them now. But We have so much here to be thankful for. Our quarters have been so comfortable, warm and we have had plenty of wholesome food to eat, while many 1 outside have bad so little. We have had 1,038 in the home, all we can accommodate; how we wish we had more room to receive others who are asking to come We can do very little for the old comrades who did so much for us. They can never be repaid; all we can do Is to make them comfortable. I can assure you that we appreciate your kindness and hope that you will have a prosperous new year. I am yours in F. C. & L. LAURA E. INGERSOL, Matron.

COLLEGEVILLE.

Rev. Theodore Saurer has been appointed disciplinarian to succeed Rev.. Ildephonse Rapp. Last Saturday Rev. Albinus Schneidler received the report of the death of his uncle at Earl Park. He attended the funeral which was held las*. Monday. Last week brought us the following* visitors: M. J. Cyr, Fowler; Mrs. Walter M. Miller, Miss Maude Miller, Edward Maschek, Harry P. Fleming, Chicago; Thomas Williams, ' South Bend; Geo. Ricks, Lafayette; Harry McArdle, Ft Wayne; Franklin J. Holler, Sandusky, Ohio. At their last meeting the following were chosen officers of the A. L. S. for the present term: Milton Dermedy, president; Joseph Mbnahan, vicepresident; William Murphy, secretary; William Kennedy, treasurer; John Hoffman, marshal; Norbert Murphy, Albert Krueger, Lawrence Cash man. committee. On Feb. 18, the first program will be rendered toy the A. L. S. Last Sunday .at their regular meeting the C. L. S. selected the following officials for the ensuing term: president, Walter Reineck; vice-president, Nicholas Huetnmer; secretary, William Rachor; treasurer, Victor Sullivan; critic, Clarence Burkhart; -executive committee, Thomas Harrington, Andrew Sabados, Francis Beuke; advisory board, George Aman, Anthony Pax, Max Meyers, August Halter; Joseph Bollenbeck, James Fitzgerald. The parts of the drama "The Invisible Hand,” which will be rendered on Washington’s Birthday, were assigned to the respective participants.

What Three Ghiam Township Cows Aceomplished in January.

Mr. and Mia. J. W. Marion, of GHlam township, made and marketed 85 pounds of butter in January from three head of cows. If there is any better record in Jasper county we fkcmld be pleased to publish it.

The genuine Jackson Hill egg coal for aala by Hamilton 4b Kellner. * 1

The Ellis Theatre J h m.U ll,s Saturday Evening, Feb. 10th F. S. Gordon Presents THE STOCK COMPANY In a great scenic and costume production of the famous drama, “ T a im ” Beautiful Scenery and Light Effects. Enhanced Acting Company. Seven Great Scenes. Prices: 25c-35c-50. Seats on sale at Jessen’s.

Linen and Kitchen Showers In Honor of Coming Bride.

The popularity -of Miss Elizabeth Reiddle, whos# marriage to Mr. Al Ranne is to take place on Jan. 15th, is being shown by a number of antenuptial showers in her honor. Last week Miss Myrtle York gave a China shower, entertaining about twentyfive guests. Tonight Miss Nell Drake will entertain about thirty-five young ladies at a linen shower and next Monday evening Miss Marjorie Lough ridge wil} entertain at a kitchen shower. The presents that are being made .to the bride-to-be are very beautiful.

High School Notes.

Dr. H. V. Adams, of Des Moines, lowa, who lectured at the M. E. church Monday night, gave a very delightful talk to the high school Tuesday morning, on the subject of music. His talk was humerous and optlmlstls, and he brought out many facts as to the value and elevating effects of music. In closing he said the whole universe was m<u!e up of musical vibratiqns, which not only produce, sounds, but beautify light and colors as well. Gerald Hollingsworth, who has been attending school at Winona, entered the junior class last Monday. The junior reception will be held at the home oft Alfred Thompson, B’eb. 14. Ttye eighth grade debated last week on the relative merits of the town and country. Alfred Thompson, Cope Hanlay and Edna Babcock were the judges and they decided in favor of the town. The basketball game here this week with the Monlicello team will be hard and interesting aa the R. H. S. team met defeat at their hands two weeks ago at that place. This game will be played Friday afternoon at 4 o'clock and a large crowd is expected. The junior class finished Macbeth last Friday and had a debater on the characters, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth. Mrs. Newman, of St. Paul, who has been the guest of Miss Perkins, spent last Wednesday visiting the high school. ■* The Lincoln program given by the Lincoln literary society Wednesday afternoon at the Christian church was well carried out by the members and was much enjoyed by all who attended.

The Mock Coart Trial.

Regarding the big mock court trial to be given in Ellis theatre, under the auspices of the Ladies’ Aid society of the Christian church, this evening, would say that the stage of the theatre will be laid out as a regular court room with all the accessories and the trial will be conducted in every respect with all the gravity of a supreme court session. The case will be handled on the exact lines of legal proceedure, but for all that will be so arranged that the two hours proceedings are likely to furnish the biggest bunch of merriment an audience has had in a long time. * Of course, all hearts will go out in tearful sympathy for the plaintiff, while as for the defendant, it Is enough to say that no one would ever have believed it The jury is distinguished Tenongh to rivet the attention of an audience for a whole evening, and are capable of being an entire show themselves. Altogether this mock court trial promises to be one of the events of the season, both* in the interest attached to it and in the crowd that will attend.

Let your wants be known through our classified column.

WEATHER FORECAST. Fair north, probably snow south portion tonight or Friday; continued cold. Official temperature—6 below last night

HANGING GROVE.

Sherman Morris went to Lafayette Monday evening for a couple of days visit and to look after business. Mr. German, of Montmorenci, who will move on to the J. F. Price farm this season, was over this week with two loads of tools, etc. Mrs. Chas. Stultz underwent a very successful operation Tuesday and If she continues getting better as she has the past few days, she will no doubt gain health rapidly. Ella Bussell, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bussell, has been quite poorly for several days and was. first thought she would have to undergo an operation, but now tt is thought the operation can be safely delayed for sometiiSe and maybe never have to have it done. This is good news to the family. Mr. Gifford has planned a railroad meeting to take place at Center school house in Milroy Monday evening, for the purpose of interesting the Milroy citizens in his railroad project and getting a 2 per cent tax voted to aid in his road building,

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