Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 June 1902 — Page 1 Advertisements Column 4 [ADVERTISEMENT]

Frank Hanley has been engaged to deliver the address at the commencement exercises at Fountain Park next Wednesday in place of Fred Landis, who overdid himself in his Decoratien day address and has since been under a doctor’s care. Arrangements have been made by the agricultural department of Purdue University to entertain the farmers of Indiana on June 18 and 19, and show them over the farm and give them a practical demonstration of what is being done at the University for the benefit of the farmer. One fare for the round trip has been granted by the railroads and it is expected that there will be quite a large attendance of progressive farmers of the state who desire to to see and profit by the agricultural experiments conducted at this institution. Lawrence Eberle, a graduate of Mt. St. Mary’s seminary, at Cincinnati, 0., also of St. Joseph’s college at Rensselaer, said his first mass Sunday morning in St Charles Catholic church at Peru, and the event was elaborately celebrated. In the ceremonies Rev. Charles Guendling of Lafayette officiated as arch priest; Father Mark Hammberger, C. P. P. 8., of Rensselaer, deacon; Father Nicholas Welsh, C. P' P. S., of Rensselaer, subdeacon, and Seminarian Taggart of Ohio, master of ceremonies. Two eloquent sermons were delivered, the English by Rev. Charles Guendling and the German by Rev. Eugene Grimm of Rensselaer. Fred Brown, the young high school student, whose skill in the athletic line enabled Rensselaer to carry away the field day trophies at the recent meet at Monticello, was arrested Thursday morning and arraigned before Esq. Troxell for assault and battery upon the person of Bert Rhoades, a youug law student in Ferguson & Wilstm’s office. The trouble is alleged to have grown out of the attentions which each were paying to a popular young lady of Rensselaer. Rhoades was on his way to the lady’s home to take her to some social function and Brown waylaid him and assaulted him, blacking one eye and bruising up his face considerably. Brown plead guilty and was fined $5 and costs, but the squire remitted $3 of the fine, so that the total amouut which he paid was $11.05. Owing to prominence of all parties concerned the affair created a tremendous sensation.