Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 January 1901 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the Prairie City. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Run and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes Mrs. James Leatherman is on the siek list. Miss Daisy Dnnton has returned to her home at Carpentersville, 111. J. W. Williams and Mrs. Chas. Porter were in Lafayette Tuesday. Mrs. Dr. Ensminger. of Crawfordsville, is visiting with relatives here. Senator Wolcott has been made chairman of the standing committe on roads. The Chicago Bargain Store adver tises a cut price rummage sale this week. Mrs. C. C. Jones, of Lansing, 111., has been the guest of her son P. W. Clarke. R. H. Wilkinson, of Evanston, 111., was the guest of Miss Irma Kannal Monday. Misses Emma Shook and Anna Worm, of Chicago, are visiting relatives here. The revival meetings at the F. W. Baptist church will continue throughout this week. Rev. F. O. Morton, of Chicago, is holding a series of meeting at the Barkley Christian church. Mrs. J. E. Alter has returned from Manchester, Ind., where she was called by the sickness of her daughter. It is reported that an effort will be made in the legislature to have the county and township reform laws repealed. Representative Bishop, of Morgan county, has prepared a bill to punish kidnapers either with imprisonment or death. John Kressler and son, who purchased Frank King’s feed barn, on Cullen street, took possession the first of the year. The town of Comer, on Gifford’s road, has changed its name to Newland, as the post office will be ca led by that name.

W. N. Jones and Chester Zea bowled with two Chicago men in that city last Friday. They were defeated by a score of 1051 to 1021. The gross earnings of the Monon for the first week in January were 165,100, an increase over the corresponding week lasb year of $962. Dr. Mary E. Jackson has given bail in the sum of $2,500 for her appearance in court to answer the recent grand jury indictment found against her. Joe Hammond’s fool horse got loose Saturday. The locomotive of a 3 I train didn’t miss her more’n five short feet.—Wheatfield Telephone. G. M. Wilcox & Son, of Surrev, are advertising a cut price sale in this issue. Those living in their trade territory will do well to study their prices. Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Conner, late of the Makeever House, have gone to Roann, their former home, where they will remain until they secure a new location. A number of persons around town have invested in gold mining stock in a Washington company. Abopt a thousand shares have been sola here at 10 cents of the face value. The ladies of the M. E. church will hold a social at the residence of Granville Moody Friday evening. A liter ary program will be rendered and re freshments served. Admission 10 cts

Charlie Baker, better known as “Knockemstiff,” is back in Rensselaer circulating among friends, after an absence of two or three years. He has changed but little during his absence. > Senator Wolcott has already introduced two bills in the Senate. One provides for the exemption of Spanish American war veterans from work on the roads, and the other provides for the control of turnpike roads. " The Monon last week completed its new bridge accross the Wabash river at Pittsburg. The bridger consists of five spans 154 feet long and is supposed to be the most substantial structure of its kind on the Chicago-Indianapolis division.

Bruce White is back from West Virginia on a short business trip. John Casey, of Fair Oaks, has reentered the soldiers’ home at Marion. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Putts, of Goodland, attended the farmers’ institute here Tuesday. Advertised Letters. Henry E. Bremer, Robert Hirschman, Miss Minnie P. Hart. Mrs. E. F. Short has returned from. Attica, where she has been at the bedside of her sick grandmother. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Burk and Mn. D. B. Nowels left for Lamar, Col., Tuesday for au extended visit. Elmer Conner is visiting at Tipton and from there will go to Roann to remain until he finds a suitable location.

A Hammond team will be here Friday evening to bowl with the Rensselaer team. An admission of ten cents will be charged. Mrs. F. E. Babcock and Mrs. J. P. Sherman entertained the Ladies* Industrial Society yesterday afternoon at the home of the former. A fine new opera house and business building is one of the possibilities of the near future. If built it will be on the Thompson lots across the street from the Makeever House. Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Farmer, who have been living south of town, left on Tuesday tor Yukon, Oklahoma, where they will make their future home. Cowgill & Worland have purchased a set of harness for use on their hearse team that is the finest set ever brought here. It is silver plated on german silver and cost sllO at wholesale. Judge and Mrs. S. P. Thompson and Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth purchased a Kimoall piano in Chicago last week at a cost of S2OO, for the use ol the Jasper Public Library. The money for its purchase was raised by public subscription. A recruiting station has been opened in Terre Haute in charge of Capt. Disard and all volunteers who want service in the Philippines are assured that they will be sent there, while the men who do not want to go abroad have no assurance that they will be sent. J. C. Paxton, late of the Albany Lumber Company and known to many of our people, has become a banker in Kansas. He has been elected President at a handsome salary of a new national bank at of which he holds a majority of the stock.—Arcadia Arcadian.

A one legged ex-soldier was in the city raising money to purchase a wooden leg. He claimed to have lost the limb in the Philippines. His story may have been true and it may have not been true, but as his leg was missing he had no trouble in securing donations. The W. R. C. met Monday evening at the Forester’s Hall. As this was the first meeting with the new officers in the chair, the six old officers improved the opportunity by preparing and serving a nice treat, consisting of pop-corn, cake, peaches and coffee. Maby Watson.