Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 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. For fine job work call at the JOUR NAL office. When one has the grip, onions smell ■ as sweet as cologne. A free rural mail route has been established from Oxford. Mrs. Anna Wartena is visiting relatives in Hammond this week. Mrs Julia Healy, of Brookston, visited friends here Tuesday. * Pigeon toes seems to run in families the same as frecklea-and red hair. How Are Your Kidney, t Dr. Hobbs' Sparagu. Pills cure all kidney ills. Sample free. Add. Sterling Remedy Co., Chicago or N. Y. J. O. Thrawls is visiting his daughters at Logansport for a few days. ' Ray Wood is slowly recov ring from a long and serious spell of sickness. I'he co r fad has about p ayed .. . n igs warm for a inn<-. » j i- cross, ns mother <• o jo i m ie» nog worse or better. .<■ juUKNAL has just received a .as. HtiiiHi) of poster mounting i.. il Urosa Ball Blue is the best in the world. Large 2 oZ package costs J , i ao sor<s of pretty x-i c ..ni still >e awfuiiy toss Mehie Van Smith, of Cnicago, ini id itielitis here Monday and I ui stiay Educate Your Dowels Willi Cascareta. Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever. 10c. 26c. It C‘. C. C. fail, druggists refund money. We should think a man who dyes his mustache would also keep the edges dyed. A son has been born to Dr. and Mrs Ernest B. Wishard, at their home in Indianapolis. Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Sayler are mak ing a two week’s visit with relatives at Gilman, 111. Garey Crisler, Herman and M”. A. Churchill left Tuesday morning for North Dakota.. Some people can be flattered by one thing and some by another, but all can be flattered. Miss Pearl Blue returhed to Indian apolis after a week’s visit with her parents. Tuesday was Lincoln’s birthday and the day was duly observed in all sections of the country. Arthur Fendig returned to Chicago Monday, after a several weeks’ visit here with relatives. Charles Nowels, of Elkart is making a week’s visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels.

Mrs. Charles Nichols is making a two weeks’ visit with relatives in Monticello and Idaville. . Men say they want to learn a thing, but what they mean is, that they want to learn it their own way. If you wish to have beautiful, clear, white clothes, ask for Red Cross Ball Blue. Refuse imitations. The K. N. will be entertained tomorrow evening by Miss Edith Marshall and Lillian Howarth. A great reduction in rubber and leather boots and shoes at the Chicago Bargain Store. R v. G B. Appleton has severed his connection with the Christian Church and joined the United Brethren. We continue to throw in the trimmings with dress patterns. Chicago Bargain Store. Some women-are so old looking that you are suprised to hear them refer to the days when they were young. Vermont Hawkins and Miss Grace McCarthy, of Anderson, visited with friends here the first of the week. Mrs. W 8. Parks entertained the ladies aid society last Friday afternoon at her home on McCoy Ave.

M J Kennedy returned to his home at Chicago Tuesday, after a short visit here with Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Platt. Women give - whist parties while their husbands are struggling along, trying hard to make a common living. A very pleasant dance was given last Friday evening at Hopkins’ Hall. About twelve couple were in attendance. ■ Mrs. Geo. Hollingsworth will entertain a number of her friends at cards shis evening at her home on Washington street.

Mr. /and Mrs. Charles Coen will entertain a number of their friends at dinner at their home on McCoy Ave, this evening. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warner entertained a number of their friends at dinner Sunday evening at their home 112 McCoy Ave. James Overton, of Hanging Grove township, returned home Friday from a four weeks’ visit with his parents at at Walnut, lowa. Miss Mary Washburn returned to Chicago Monday, after several weeks’ visit here with her parents, Dr. and Mrs. I. B. Washburn. If we were a doptor, we would prescribe medicine with whisky in it for every man and then there would be no objection to taking it, A special linen sale, all new Stock, 15 cents a yard to *1.25 a yard for fancy satin damask, at the Chicago Bargain Store. We know a man of whom the neighbors say he is too lazy to get into any devilment. How would you like to be as lazy as that? Before marriage boys will take their girls only in the dress circle at the theatre, but after marriage, the bal cony is plenty good enough. Two car loads all kinds fencing wire and nails to be received this month at the Chicago Bargain Store, A crowd of young people were ve y highly entertained at cards and dare ing last evening at the home of Miss Maud Spitler on Forest street. Dr. and Mrs E. C. English will give a dinner party to several of their friends tomorrow evening at their residence on South Cullen street Have Jerry’s bus to call ior you when you want to make a train. Sai .isfactory service at all times.' Will Make all trains day or n ; ght upon call 17% pounds granulated or 23 pounds of soft white A sugar for SI.OO at the Chicago Bargain Store. Bridges rivers, tunnels mountains, builds cities, gathers up the scattered rays of one’s ability i That’s what Rocky Mountain Tea does 35 cents. Millions of people are familiar with DeWitt’s Little Eary Risers and those who use them find them to be famous little liver pills. Never gripe. A. F. Long.

A. H. Hopkins wents to Chicago this week to take charge of his brother Alferd Hopkins’ office while he attends the Mardi Gras at New Orleans. Less Than Cost— ls per cent off on all overcoats. Original price marked in plain figures. Juvenile suits at cost. Chicago Bargain Store. Persons who can not take ordinary pills find it a pleasure to take DeWitt’s Little Early Risers. They are the best little liyer pills ever made. A. F. Long. A. Leopold has sold his entire stock of dry goods to nis sons at Brook and Kentland. The goods are now being* packed and will be shipped some time next week. Like bad dollars, all counterfeits of DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve are worthless. The original quickly cures piles, sores and all skin diseases A. F. Long. A complete new stock of lace curtains, carpets, dress goods, embroideries, laces, etc., just received, at the Chicago Department store. If you have something to sell, want to buy something, have a house to seß or rent, want a job of work or need help, try the want ad column of the Journal. Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Dowler, who have been visiting their daughter, Mrs. L. W. Henkle at Williamsport, for the past two months, returned home Tuesday.

A great sacrifice sale on all winter goods to make room for new spring stock which is arriving every day at the Chicago Bargain Store. Ross Hawkins left Tuesday evening for New Orleans where he will attend the Mardi Gras. He will also visit a short time at Pensacola, Fla., and Mobile, Alabama. Recent experiments show that all classes of foods may be completely digested by a preparation called Kodol Dyspepsia Cure, which absolutely digests what you eat. As it is the only combination of all the natural digestants ever devised the demand for it has become enormous. It has never failed to cure the very worst cases of indigestion and it always gives instant relief A. F. Long.

The turkey dinner given last Thursday evening by the ladies of the Presbyterian church at the residence of Sheriff Hardy was*a great success. The cash receipts were |25. Roosters often crow over eggs they did not lay. Same with people who sell an imitation Rocky Mountain Tea, made famous by the Madison Medicine Co.’s advertising. 35 cents. When in need of sale bills remember that the Journal can get you out a good bill on short notice and at a reasonable price. A free notice of the sale in the Journal. A delegation, of forty colored residents oftheDistrict of Columbia has presented Congressman Crumpacker with, a carved cane in token of their appreciatiowof his work for their race. . A February sale —another great reduction on what is left of the great January clearance sale of winter goods at the Chicago Bargain Store. The Gubernatorial appointments will not be made until the Legislature adjourns. The places yet to be filled are those of Capitol Custodian and Engineer, Quartermaster General and Adjutant General. Dick Wood and family left Tuesday afternoon for their future home at Indianapolis Mr. Wood has secured the position of general manager for the Stevens’ Threshing Machine Co in north r»» Indiana z

Wolcott is short of school funds, and their school year has been reduced to 5 months and 14 days Unless funds foe its elongation come from some unforseen source, the Wolcott schools will close about March 1 There is always danger in using counterfeits ofDeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. The original is a safe and ci plain cure for piles. It is a sooth ing and healing salve for sores and all skin deseases. A F. Long. A Georgia paper thus sums up leg islative work done at the session 1900: “One soion blew out the gas, another stuck a knife into a fellow member and the entire aggregation succeeded in repealing the dog law.” The snow has afforded a great deal of pleasure to those who enjoy sleigh riding. It has also been a source of great delight to the small boys who find a great deal of amusement in jumping on and off the sleds.

Mrs. A. M. Harrison has sold her property at the corner of Clark and Milroy streets to Sylvester Gray of Carpenter township. Mrs. Harrison and her daughters will leave for Oregon about the Ist of April. Much of the so-called Bedford stone does not come from Bedford, but is taken from the large quarries at Stinesville. About all the stone in the soldiers’ monument, at Indianapolis, came from Stinesville. Tuesday afternoon T. J. McCoy and John Duvall, both owners of very fast horses, indulged in some very exciting races on Washington street. Several heats were run, each horse winning about an equal number of times. If you possess a coat that you pre viously called a “Prince Albert” you should now refer to it as a “King Edward.” By the death of Victoria, the Prince became a King and the office of the Prince of Wales was abolished. Leslie Clark and B S Fendig left Sunday for a two weeks’ southern trip. They will attend the MardiGras at New Orleans, take in the sights of Havana, Cuba, and will probably visit the scene of the Galveston disaster. Joseph Henkle, a former resident of Barkley township, died last Monday at the Soldiers’ Home at Marion. He had been in poor health for many years. Several of his relatives who reside iti Barkley, went to .Marion Tuesday to attend the funeral. A fifteen thousand dollar damage suit has been brought against the Monon railroad by Albert N. Holmes as gua dian of John Ross. The latter is a boy twelve years of age. Two years ago he was run over by the cars in. Delphi and lost both his legs. A Missouri judge has hit upon an effective plan for getting tramps to leave town. He sentences them to thirty days’ hard work on the street, and gives them an hour to get their tools. That half hour sees them well on their way to the next town. B. J Gifford is going to build some railroad this summer and recently advertised for several thousand sleepers. By return mail he received a letter from a Remington Clergyman offering him the whole congregation and the choir on reasonable terms. After all these years, Lafayette is to have a Monon depot. It seems that that city should have had a station I long ago, but the practice of dumping passengers out of the trains up there at any old place along the street, had been so deeply rooted that the people had become calloused. Lafayette will soon have a new station built of Bedford stone.

The Monticello Evening Journal and the Weekly Independent, of Monticello, have consolidated, and both a weekly and daily will be issued. This change may make a success of the Independent, which otherwise was almost certain to have been a failure. El Paso, the big horse which was purchased a few days ago in Chicago by Duvall Bros., is probably one of the fastest snow horses in the country. The horse was originally owned by parties at Lake Geneva, Wis., who used him principally in racing on the ice.

Mrs. P. R. Hopkins and daughter, Miss Maud, of Indianapolis, stopped off Monday evening for a short visit with Mrs. Maria Hopkins. Mrs. Hopkins proceeded to Chicago Tuesday morning where they will now reside. Her daughter remained for a few days’ visit. It is said that thg Halleck Bros, still want to come into Goodland with their telephone line. On what grounds can an intelligent board of trustees refuse them this privilege? We believe our board will readily grant it. The more the merrier.— Goodland Herald. Senator Agnew, of Valparaiso, was sufficiently recovered from his experi ence in the snow at Lee, Saturday morning, to return to Indianapolis Monday afternoon His feet were badly frost bitten, making walking pretty difficult. Otherwise he seemed no worse for his accident. Sheriff Wilderson, of Newton bounty, brought Henry Powell, of Brook, over yesterday morning and lodged him in jail here. Powell was arrested a short time ago for drunk and disorderly conduct. He will be kept in jail here until the next term of the Newton county court. An old German and an Irishman, who reside somewhere in the region of McGoysburg arrived in town Monday night and got on a decidedly big drunk. The Irishman finally lost both his hat and shoes and went all over town looking for them. Refurnished no end of amusement for the small boys. Working Overtime. Eight hour laws are ignored by these tireless, little workers—Dr. King’s New Life Pills. Millions are always at work, night and day, curing Indigestion, Billiousness, Constipation, Sick Headache and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel troubles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. Only 25c at J. A. Larsh’s drug store.

Navy tobacco, 25c a pouud; 1 gallon pail fancy syrup 26 cents; Town Talk Flour, 95 cents % barrel; 3 pound can fancy tomatoes, standard brand, only 8 cts., at the Chicago Bargain Store. For the weakness and prostration following grippe tnere is nothing so prompt and effective as One Minute Cough Cure. This preparation is highly endorsed as an unfailing remedy for all throat and iung troubles and its early use prevents consumption. It was made to cure quickly. A. F. Long. ,

Captain James R. Nation, of Sycamore, Kas., a brother of Mrs. Carrie Nation, the Kansas saloon smasher, says: “Sister Carrie is 62 years old and crazy. She is a good woman who has started out to reform the world wit han axe. If she has not smashed something or been smashed every day it is a sure sign that she is either sick or in jail.” Reports show a greatlyJiTcrqased death rate from throat/and lung troubles, ue to the prevalence of croup, pneumonia and grippe. We advise the use of One Minute Cough Cure in all of these difficulties. It is the only harmless Remedy that gives immediate result*, Children like it. A. F. Long. Mrs. Simon Sprigg. of Walker township who has been troubled with insanity for some time, was taken to Logansport yesterday morning and placed in the insane asylum.