Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 March 1901 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the Prairie City. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught or the Itun and Served While Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes. Sheriff Hardy was at Monon Monday.. C. W. Hanley was at Elwood Monday. Miss Ella Ritchey spent iSunday in Chicago. Bert White, of Chicago, spent Sunday here. Winter is again with us in all its severity. B. J. Gifford is erecting a large hotel at Gifford. James Overton is visiting near Crawtordsviile. Mrs. Mike Nagel has returned from a visit at Lafavette. Mrs. Charles Porter has joined her husbandat Delphi. Attorney Wilson attended court at Monticello Monday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kenton Monday. Mrs F. L. Hunt is visiting her mother at Medaryville. Mias Sadie Leopold has returned from a visit in Chicago.

Frank Bruner has gone to Manteno, 111., for an extended stay. A. W. Cole, of Lafayette, spent Sunday with his family here. M. L. Tyler has charge of S M. Laßu ’a Store at Rose Lawn. diaries Davidsjn, of Monticello, visited in Rensselaer Sunday. It is reported that Earl Mann has joined the Un tad States Navy. Mrs. W H. Beam spent Sunday with Mrs. W. Williams, of Reynolds. Mißs Ruth Miller, of Lafayette, is the guest of Miss Luella McCoy. Mrs. M. A. Corcoran, of Chicago, is the guest of Miss Anna Walters. Mahlon Hinds, of Jennings county, is visiting friends in this vicinity. J. C. Thrawls has returned from Ohio, where-he has been visiting. A daughter has been born to Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hopkins, at Englewood. Luther Wartena, of Hammond, is visiting his mother, Mrs. A. Wartena.

Win. Jackson, of Marion, is the guest ot his sister, Mrs. J. C. Passon. "" Miss Myrtle Haas has returned from 'k visit at South Hend and Westville. Matthew Get tier, the Monorf agent at Dyer, lias drawn $4,000 in a lottery. Miss Cordia Jackson, of Lebanon, is employed as trimmer at Mrs. Purcupile’s. Mrs. James Douthit is making a week’s visit with relatives at Medaryville. v ' The Journal hts just received a large assortmenl of poster mounting board. Bert Rhoades is attending the Vorhis Business College at Indian apolis. J. W. Douthit is contemplating moving to Hammond in the near future. E. E. Towle, one of the most prominent citizens of Hammond, died last Friday. A post office has been established at Newland with T. M. Callahan as postmaster. T. O. Chestnut left on Tuesday for a visit at Marion, Ind., and Philadelphia, Pa. Mrs. L. R. Florence, of Pyrmount, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. John English. The Bluest Blue makes the whitest white, thats Red Cross Ball Blue. Re fuse imitations. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Borntrager, south oi towns Tuesday. Theodore George has formed a partnership with J. F. Bruner in the insurance business. Red Cross Ball Bine makes clothes whiter than snow. Large 2 oz. package only five cents. The ladies of the Presbyterian church at Brookston will publish the Gazette March 28th. - H. H. Barcus will move to Wolcott in a few days. He has purchased property in that c ! ty. Editor Griffin, of the Remington Press, attended the inaugural ceremonies at Washington. A number of cases Of chicken pox have broken out among the school children of Rensselaer. Frank Morlan started to Oklahoma Tuesday. He will remain there if he finds things satisfactory. Mts. E- L. Hollingsworth and children have returned from an extended visit at Kalamazoo, Mich.

Wallace Shedd has gone to Colohtcld to look after the Shedd Brothers* cattle interests there. Advertised Letters: Clara Huffman, Carl Palmer, Charles Pence, J. D. Smith, Jno. M. Sullivan. Mrs. D. A. Stoner is making a week’s visit in Sheldon, 111., with her .sister, Mrs. Charles Warner. J. P. Warren left Tuesday for Oklahoma. where, if be finds the outlook satisfactory, lie will locate. B. M. Donnelly, the photographer has moved into one of Steward Hammond,s houses on south Cullen street. Miss Dora Wickwire has returned to her home in Goodland, after a pleasant visit with Mr. and Mrs. Harry Kurrie. Miss Fern Nelson, who has been at DeMotte in charge ,of the Halleck telephone exchange, has resumed her duties here. John Collins has resigned as clerk in the Chicago Bargain Store to take a position as traveling salesman for a shoe house. Prof. W. H. Sanders attended the meeting of the Northern Indiana Superintendent’s club at Hammond, last Friday and Saturday. The late Jpseph Austin, of Wheatfield, carried life insurance to the amount of $5,000. The policy was taken out only last August. The Bell Telephone Co. is making strong efforts to get control of the independent lines in Lake county, in' eluding the Halleck system. B. S. Fendig Leslie and Clark arrived home from their Southern trip last Thursday evening. An account of their trip appears elsewhere. The heads of two buck deers killed by Bert Goff on his Michigan trip have been mounted and now ornament the restaurant of Goff & Son. Rev. T. P. Mcßride, state evangelist, began a series of meetings at the Fr e Baptist church Saturday evening. Miss Maggie Kenton is assisting him. Wm. Burns, of near Fair Oaks, recently killed three wolves in that vicinity. A. D. Washburn was in town last Friday to claim the bounty. Paris Britton, of near Rose Lawn, was lodged in jail last Saturday, charged with stealing corn. Britton was married only two or three weeks ago. Senator Wolcott’s bill increasing the salary of the recorder of Jasper county, has received its third reading in the senate, passing by a vote of 38 to 0. When vou are bilious, use those famous little pills known as DeWitt’s Little Early Risers to cleanse the liver and bowels. They never gripe. A. F. Long. Francis Marion Baker and Miss Laura Jane Dunkan, of Wheatfleld, were married last Saturday afternoon by Squire Burnham at his office in Rensselaer. ’ „

See that you gef the original De Witt’s Witch Hazel Salve when you ask for it. The genuine is a certain cure for piles, sores and skin diseases. A. F. Long. Felix French and son Ed left on Tuesday for lola, Kansas, on a prospecting trip. There is a possibility that they may locate in the west some time in the future. Tom Snyder, of Fair Oaks, has killed six wolves this winter. Last Thursday he brought in the scalps of his two latest captures, on which he received the bounty. Ralph Alkire has purchased an interest grocery store, at Monticello. Mr. and Mrs. Alkire left for Monticello Tuesday, where they will make their future home. The lately opened white sand pit near Wolcott employs eighty-five persons, and more will be added as the work developes. This sand is valuab'e in the manufacture of fine glass. Joe Jeffries returned home last Friday from Apple Creek, Ohio, where he was called several weeks ago by the fatal sickness of his father, whose death was mentioned last week. Results. Immediate and lasting. Before and after trying other remedies use Rocky Mountain Tea this month. Twill keep you well all summer. A great spring blessing. Ask your druggist. Their promptness and their pleasant effects make DeWitt’s Little Early Risers most popular litte phis wherever they are known. They are sim ply perfect for liver and bowel trouble, A. F. Long. Luther Creviston, a former resident of Rensselaer, died at his home near Winchester on Wednesday of last week. The cause of his death was cancer of the stomach. He leaves a widow and one son. Puny children with weak constitutions can attain an unusual degree of bodily and mental vigor by taking Rocky Mountain Tea this month made by the The Madison Medicine Co. 35c. Ask your druggist.

The filth and last number of the lecture course will be given at the opera house Saturday, March 9th, instead of March 6th, as shown by the tiokets. The attraction will be the Mozart Symphony Club.

Th<i lingering doifti grippd calls for One Mhiftte Ootigh Cure. For all throat and iting troubles this is the only harmless remedy that gives imme date results. Prevents consumption. A. F. Long. My heart and hand another claimed, His plea had come too late, *l. It’s ever thus with people Wfibput joluck and vim, Take Rocky Mountain Tea, dont get left again. Ask your druggist. Thomas Ulyatt. of Brqok. and Mrs. Ella Lewis ot NeWtoiLT* township, were united in-marHa&o last Wednesday afternoon by Judge Thompson in his office adjoining the court room. The couple will make their home at Brook. STB. S. Fendig', who is pleasuring in the southland, sent his brother Sim a young alligator the other day which is quite a curiosity to many.' It is possessed of a very open countenance and an expansive smile.—Wheatfleld Telepone. The Uniform Rank K: pf P. elected the following officers Monday evening: E. Peacock, captain; J. |J. Hunt, lßt lieutenant; E. G. Warren, 2nd lieutenani; Jesse E. Wilson, recorder; N. W. Reeves, treasurer. The installation will take place March 26th. Counterfeits of DeW&t’s Witch Hazel Salve are liable to cause blood poisoning. Leave them alone. The original has tne name DeWict’s upon the box and wrapper. It is a harmless and healing salve for skin diseases. Unequalled for piles. A. P. Long. An old criminal was once asked what was the first step that led him to his ruin, when he answere ': “The first step was cheating an editor out of two years’ subscription. When I had done that the devil had such a grip on me that I could not shake him off.”

The W. R. O. were entertained last Thursday by Mrs. Caleb Hopkins, of near Surrey. A fine dinner was dispensed by the hostess and the guests occupied their time in quilting and tacking carpet rags. Good music was furnished by the daughter of the Hostess. About forty were present and enjoyed the hospitality of this good lady. Like Oliver Twist, children ask for more when given One Minute Cough Uure. Mothers endorse it highly for croup. It quickly cures all coughs and colds and every throat and lung trouble. It is a specific for grippe and asthma and has long been a well known remedy for whooping cough. A. P. Long. George W. Goff, at the meeting of the High Court of the I. O. F. at Peru, last week, was chosen delegate to the Supreme Court, which meets at Los Angeles, Cal., next year. This is an honor of which Mr. Goff may justly be proud, and was bestowed in recognition of what he has done for the advancement of the order in Indiana. Prof. Ivison, of Lonacoing, Md., suffered terribly from neuralgia of the stomach and indigestion for thirteen and after the doctors failed to cure him, tbey t fed him on morphine. A friend the use of Kodol Dyspepsia Cure and after taking a few bottles of it, he says, “It has cured me entirely. I canjt say too much for Kodol Dyspepsia Gpre.” It digests what you eat. A. F. Long. The first number -of the Lowell Souvenir has reached us. Schuyler Colfax Dwyer is the publisher and El mer E. Ragon, managing editor. The souvenir is published weekly in magazine form at one dollar per year and is a handsome publication. We do not believe, however, that it can be issued in its present form at that price, especially a 6 the second paper in a town the size of LoweH, and we look for its early demise. Here’s wishing it success, hovtrever. - • •

The stomach controls the situation. Those who are hearty and strong are those who can eat and digest plenty of food. Kodol Dyspepsia ’Cure digests what you eat and allows you to eat all the good food you wah't. If you suffer from indigestion, heartburn, belching or any other stomach trouble, this preparation' help but do you good. The most sensitive stonw achs can take it. A- F. Long. David Rudraenski, on« of the largest clothing and dry goods dealers in Monticello, has filed papers of assignment. His liabilities are o< er $12,000 and assets in the neighborhood ’of $8,000! By the terms of the assignment, R. JT. Million is named as trustee. Mr. Rudmenski has been engaged in the clothing and dry goods business since 1885, and was supposed to be one of the solid men, financially speaking, of the town. A new enterprise in the way of a cooperative city is soon to be started in a six hundred acre tract of land near Hobart, Ind., if the plans which have been laid out by tbje Ifilipojs Producers’ Association are carried into effect. It is proposed to give all a chance to own their homes arid at the same , time to share in the products which are manufactured in the city and grown on the ground which is set aside for farm use. There are already on the ground three or four manufacturing plants which are standing idle,' and the asaociation propdses to utilise these and build others. I