Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings 'lround the Prairie ICltj/ TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Run and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes. QoodUnd will celebrate the Fourth this year. John Wagner is visiting relatives in Lafayette. For fine job work call at the JOURNAL office. Parm Wright got home from Chicago yesterday. Mrs. G. E. Tyner, of Cedar Lake, is visiting relatives here. 0. J. Dean was at Washington, 111,, this week on business. • Herbert Paxton, of Lamar, Colo., is visiting bis relatives here. Simon Phillips is able to be out again after his recent sickness. Rev. Meads is conducting a successful revival at Vaughn Chapel. Mr. and Mrs. B. T. Clark, of Tipton, are visiting their relatives here. Ross Grant, of South Bend, has been visiting his wife and mother here. The Halligan-Tanner cattle case adjourned last Saturday until today. Vernon Schock, of Hammond, visited friends here the past week. Mrs. J. A. White, of Chicago, is the guest of her aunt, Mrs. Lottie George. Miss Carrie Woodworth has returned from an extended visit at Montezuma. Kentland will celebrate the Fourth with races on the fair ground track. Mr. James Mead, of Hammond, spent Sunday with Miss Myra Clark. The Chicago Sunday excursion was patronized by 102 persons from this point. All kinds of “wagon and buggy repairing done at C. Hansen’s wagon shop. ;> A recruiting station for the U. S', array will be opened at Lafayette Saturday. Strictly pure hungarian seed for sale at Alf Donnelly’s, mile north of town.

Red Cross Ball Blue is the best in the world. Large 2 oz. package costs s^ents. Four converts to the Free Will Baptist church were baptised at the river Sunday. New fresh barrel -salt, only SI.OO, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth has been the guest of her brother L. Hopkins, in Chicago. John Casey, an iramate of the soldiers’ home at Marion, is home on a furleigh. 5 Mrs. Ray Mossier has been called to Wolcott by the sickness of her brother Louie Leopold. * Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Childers, of Delphi, are the guests of their son, Wm. Childers. If you wish to have beautiful, clear white clothes, ask for Red Cross Ball Blue. Refuse imitations. Mrs. Fred C. Sanders and Miss Oria Jackson, of Lebanon, are the guests of Mrs. J. H. Jessen. Mrs. Wm B. Brown, of Crown Point, has been the guest of Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Goff. Miss Marietta Askem, of Columbus, 0., is visiting her sister, Mrs. W. H. Jackson, north of town. Owing to commencement the band concert has been postponed until Friday evening of this week.

Mrs. Oharles Zink and daughters of Wapakoneta, 0., are the guests of Oharles Borntrager and family. Mrs. J. B. Sayler has been called to Winamac by the sickness of her mother, Mrs. L. Messerly. Mr. and Mrs. 0. P. Snodgrass, of Lafayette, are visiting his brother, Anoil Snodgrass, who is seriously sick. Mrs. Agnes Kelley, of Rockford, 111., was here to attend the funeral of her brother-in-law, T. P, Wright. One lot left of Alpine lawns, on sale Saturday, 9 a. m., June Ist, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Dick Stone’s little daughter is laid up with a bad case of blood poisoning caused by stepping oh a rusty nail. W. H. Coover will leave on next; Monday for a prospecting trip in Oklahoma and other western points.

A. L. Snodgrass, of Givin, lowa, is visiting his brother, Ancil Snodgrass. Will Barkley and John Bissell at tended the field day meet at Purdue University last Saturday. J. F. Bruner attended the district meeting of the Union Central Life Insurance agents at Wabash last week. ’ Nineteen pounds of granulated sugar for SI.OO, Saturday only, June Ist, at the Chicago Bargain Store. John Jones, who has been clerking for C. C. Starr for some time, has purchased of C. D. Nowels, Schofield’s bus line. The little Mattox boys, of Rose Lawn, while playing in the wogds Monday, fodnd five young wolV6s, wjiich they appropriated. Bro. Robertson, of the Wheatfield Telephone, was in the city Monday. He reports that his wife has been sick for several weeks. Town Talk flour, 86 cents for one-fourth barrel, Saturday, June Ist, at the Chicago Department Store. Mr, and Mrs. Charles Sprague and Mrs. Zebediah Robinson, ot Medaryville, attended the funeral of Coroner Wright Tuesday. Judge E. P. Hammond, of Lafayette, has been attending court here as one of the attorneys in the Halligan-Tan-ner cattle case.

S. B. Jenkins has secured a position as engineer at the stone crushing plant in Monon, and will become a resident of that town. Remember that when the Rensselaer Decorating Co. does your work that mechanics will do the job and not “kids” or inexperienced men. Ben Smith was fined one dollar and costs, a total of $6.70, by Squire Burnham Tuesday, for assault and battery upon the person of Dolph Day. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. L. Nowels, the victims of the recent runaway accident, have so far recovered as to be able to be removed to their home. We sell paints and wall paper of all kinds, also all kinds of painters’ and paper hangers’ supplies. Renssei aer Decorating Co. A little son of Mrs. Morrisy, north of town, was poisoned by eating a number of strychnine tablets Monday. Prompt medical attendance saved his life. The least in quantity and most in quality describes DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous pills for constipation, and liver complaints. A. F. Long. Chas. P. Leyer, of Denver, Col., president of the Denver Copper Mining and Leasing Cjmpany, is the guest of his cousin, Mrs. Mary E. Kannal. You are much more liable to disease when your liver and bowels do not act properly. De Wr t’s Little Early Risers remove the cause of disease. A. F. Long. Miss Mary Meyers was in Chicago Monday studying the new styles in millinery. While there she purchased a new stock of popular styles of summer goods.

* Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Brady have gone to Erie, Pa., where Mrs. Brady will spend the summer. Mr. Brady will visit at Beach Creek, Pa., before returning home. Mrs. J. L. Green and daughter Miss Joeva, have returned from their winter’s stay at Orisman, Porter county, where Miss Joeva has been teaching school. , * Leave your order with C. Hansen for a new wagon or buggy. It will be manufactured to your order from the best material and At a reasonable price. All hand work. Rov Peacock, who has been learning telegraphy under Agent Beam for some time, has been sent to Shelby to take temporary charge of the night office on the Monon. Mrs Ruth A. Phillips, who lives near the Church of God, suffered a stroke of paralssis last Thursday morning. The old lady is 73 years of ag \ Her left side is affected. The Jasper County Telephone company is extending its lines northeast eight and one-half miles to the farm of Charles Arnold. Tnere will be ten subscribers on the line. R. J. Letter, who has been in the Philippines the past two years as a member of the 39tn U. S. infantry, is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Lefler, north of town. The Monon will give a one and onethird fare rate May 29th and 30th for any distance within 150 miles on account of Decoration day. Tickets good returning May 31st.

On account of small rent we will sell all goods at a reduction. It will be an advantage to call and see my goods and learn prices before purchasing. Mrs. Purcupile. Mothers of good judgment and experience give their little ones Rocky Mountain Tea this month, keeps them well. 35c. Made by Madison Medison Medicine Co. B. F. Fendig. The new G. A. R. post and the W. R. C. will march in a body to the cemetery this morning and decorate the old soldiers’ graves. They will not take part in the afternoon exercises. James Thompson has returned from Oklahoma, where he went a few weeks ago to work at the carpenter tradeHe reports work rather slow in his line and he was unable to secure steady employment. Skin affections will readily disappear by using DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Look out for counterfeits. If you get DeWitt’s you will get good results. It is the quick and positive cure for piles. A. F. Lo,ng. A. U. S. marshal came to town last Thursday and arrested Mr. F. D. Knotts for violation of the game law. They left for Indianapolis on the Thursday noon train.—Medaryville Advertiser. Mrs. J. No matter what causes facial eruptions, absolute cleanliness inside and out is the only way to cure them. Rocky Mountain Tea taken this month will drive them away. B. F. Fendig. Isaac Miller, Jacob Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Brubaker, Mrs. Henry Snow, and Mrs Grant Renicker, of Barkley township, attended the national convention of Dunkaras at Cerro Gordo, 111., this week. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers search the remotest parts of the bowels and remove the impurities speedily with no discomfort. They are famous for their efficacy. Easy to take, never gripe. A. F. Long. The Conkey Printing Co., of Hammond, it is reported, will bid on the State printing contract which will be let soon. Two years ago the contract was let to the Burford Printing Co., at Indianapolis for $113,264. The W. R. C. No. 39, of Rensselaer, has received from Mrs. Emily Hagins, of Minneapolis, Minn., a beautiful silk flag with best wishes and kindly greetings to the Albert J. Gutheridge Post No. 489, of Rensselaer. It is hardly probable that Rensselaer will celebrate the Fourth this year, our citizens desiring a rest. Next year, however, there will probably be a celebration that will even eclipse that of last year. J. F. Warren arrived home from Ok’ahoma Tuesday, to be present at the commencement and make a short visit with his family here. He reports the loan business good there, but tne country no comparison to Indiana.

Riley Tullis and Miss Grace Iliff, of Jordan township, were married at the residence of the bride’s father, Stearns Iliff, last Sunday, in the presence of a number of guests. Rev. J. L. Brady, of Rensselaer, officiated C. C. Starr has opened his ice cream and soda parlor for the season. This yeariie will handle the celebrated R. W. Furnas ice cream, made in Indianapolis. 80 different varieties. Individual ice cream for parties a specialty.