Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 78, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1912 — New Randle Family Hotel Building Nearly Completed. [ARTICLE]

New Randle Family Hotel Building Nearly Completed.

The frame building which J. T. Randle has caused to be erected on the eite of the old Spitler property is now practically ready for occupancy. W. S. Richards has been doing the finshing work and has certainly, done an attractive job. The first floor is finished in bard pine, with an oak grain and hard finished walls and the arrangements of the hotel or the style of finish would be hard to improve ui>on. The seconO floor contains eight bedrooms and the third floor has four bedrooms, all good sized and all are finished in hard white enamel. MrRichards has taken great pride in this work and the excellence of the job will be a big investment for him. The hotel contains 20 rooms in all, is supplied with a hot water heating plant, a modernly installed electric light equipment and being so well located and convenient there should be no difficulty in finding a good tenant, but it is understood that the hotel has not been leased up to this time.

Virgil Robinson, son of A. C. Robinson and a member of this year’s graduating class, has been suffering for some time with a peculiar poisoning about the bead and eyes. It has troubled him for four or five weeks and greatly weakened him constitutionally. Virgil was a member of both the football and basketball teams of the highschool and a splendid athlete. During the basketball season he broke dowp, much the same as Charley Porter. For a time his physician was unable to diagnose his case but now it has been about decided that the poison about his face was occasioned by running his hands through his, hair during the progress of the games. It is believed that the dirt on the basketball contained poison germs that were thus transmitted to his face. He is able to be up and has been in school almost all of the time, but there has been an eruption and much inflammation about his forehead and head. Worth McCarthy has been affected to some extent in the same manner and now has a breaking out on the forehead and it is accompanied by a 'general physical weakening. He attributes his trouble to the dust from the floor. The floor was marked off with whiting and dustdown is used in the sweeping. It in possible that either of these might contain a poisonous ingredient ana may alse be responsible for the trouble Charles Porter had. »'

“Nub” Hemphill has been hunting for several days and killed a goose and sent to to Harry/Kiplinger several days ago. Jerry Gpiand, who is one of the best military riflemen in Indiana, killed a goose Thursday with a high power rifle. He was about 325 yards away, used a telescope to positively locate the goose and estimating the distance, took careful aim and the bullet did the rest. Tbe goose weighed 10 pounds and measured 6 feet from tip to tip. Gail Michael, who va| In town Friday, says it was the largest wild goose he ever saw. Jerry will return home Sunday, in order to be on band for the militia inspection Tuesday evening, but he will probably return to the river to spend a -few d,ays before the open season runjs out, on April 15thL 7_.X • '’l: V. .. .. . _ ' v ••4