Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 June 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 Job work at Journal office. For fine job work call at the JOURNAL office. Brookston is to have a commercial club. Miss Ethel Sharp is visiting at Brook. J. F. Irwin Is again sidlTwith kidney trouble. Miss Emma Mackey is visiting in Lafayette. Elder Brady has returned from Pennsylvania. Jerry Schofield lost a good horse by death Monday. The family of Prof. Schath have Joined him here. Arthur Fendig is home from Chicago for a abort visit. Mrs. J. F. Bruner and children spent Sunday at DeMotte. Miss Susan Kessinger is visiting her sister near Lafayette. For Sale;—Good milch cow. Inquire of E. L. Clark. Mrs. W. O. Babcock is visiting relatives in Hartford City. / Judy & Wood received a car load of buggies last Friday. Miss Mabie Cooper has gone to Michigan for a visit. Wm. Bussell is able to be out again after his recent illness. J. F. Warren started on his return trip to Oklahoma Tuesday. Miss Maggie Kenton is assisting in a revival meeting at Union city. Miss Edna Dillon has returned from a four weeks’ visit at Lafayette. Fair Oaks is preparing for a big Fourth of July celebration. Mias Bessie Speee, of Evanston, 111., Is the guest of Miss Gail Wasson. B. Forsythe bought the entire crop of Shipman’s home grown strawberries. Henry Shipman has onr thanks for a box of large, luscious strawberries. Mrs. Harriet Atkinson, of Cincinnati, is visiting the family of J. H. Perkins. Merle Gwin and Ed Mills are home from Purdue for the summer vacation. Mrs. J.W. Paxton and children are visiting relatives at Anderson and Arcadia. All kinds of wagon and buggy repairing done at 0. Hansen’s wagon shop. Harry Wade, of Hammond, was shaking hands with friends here dayMias Frances Moore, of West Newlon, Maas., is the guest of Miss Bessie Moody. Mrs. Warren Robinson and children and Mias Grace Goughian are visiting in Wabash. F. H. Robertson, now an employe of the Goodland Herald, was in the city Tuesday. * JaaSMsAMSIMMeSMHM|^>-~- —— —. ■•w Are Tmt KMm,, I

Dr. Ira M. Washburn attended the commencement.at Purdue University Tuesday. Children’s Day services will be held at the Christian Church next Sunday morning. George E. Mitchell has moved tnto John Mai eever’s house north of F. E. Babcock’s. - Fred Coleman, of Crawfordsville, was the guest of Miss Blanche Hoyes Tuesday. The Bluest Blue makes the whitest white, thats Red Cross Bal) Blue. Refuse imitations. James Mead and Luther Wartena, of Hammond, spent Sunday with friends here. Miss Odessa Posey, of Gillam town, ship, is the guest, of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Overton. Mr. and Mrs. L. F. Hopkins, of Chicago, visited relatives here the first of the week. A 10 pound daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. Bernie Maloy, at Englewood, 111., last week. Miss Grace Jacks will return to her duties as nurse in the hospital at Danville, 111., Friday. You never hear of a ballet girl getting arrested, for having no visible means of support. Why is the north pole like a woman’s pocket? We all know where it should be, but we can’t find it. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Gietle, of Chicago are the gut sts of his sister, Mrs. Henry Eiglesbach. John O’Connor was down from Kniman Tuesday to participate in the K. of P. decoration day exercises.

The Ladies’ Literary Club gave their annual picnic at the residence of S. P. Thompson last Friday night. XThq d< dication of the new Catholic church at Kniman has been postponed until Sunday, June 30. John W. Walker, court stenographer was doing work in the Tippecanoe circuit court this week. Mrs. Ura Pearson and Mrs. Malinda Burson, of Winamac, are visiting their sister, Mrs. Thomas McGowan. Another new vestibule train has been placed on the Monon for the run between Chicago and Louisville. Just returned from the city. Look out for wash dress goods bargains at j price. Chicago Bargain Stoke. Zoe Sayler, Myrtle Brindle and Myrtle Putt, of this county, have entered the summer normal at Valparaiso. Miss Christine I?tuidberg,.of Chesterton, and Hal Weavek, of Lowell, have been the guests of D. H. Flynn and family. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe were in the city this week attending the clearance sales of the wholesale dry goods houses. Miss Lida Allman will return home from Inoianapolis today, where she has been attending the Institution for the Deaf. From 100 to 200 quarts of Shipman’s celebrated strawberries received every morning at the Chicago Bargain Store. The Texas Farmer says: “Never make love in a cornfield. Corn has ears.” True; but corn isn’t easily shocked. . Gross earnings of the Monon the last week in May showed an increase over corresponding week of 1900 of $116.40 Charles Paxton, of Lamar, Col., visited Rensselaer friends Tuesday. From here he went to Albany on business. Auburn Nowels has been awarded a gold medal for being the best all round cadet at the Culver Military Academy. Mr. and Mrs. Lawdie Martin, of St. Louis, and Delaney Martin, of Cincinnati, are the guests of their mother, Mrs. Caddie Martin. 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.

Goodland has abandoned the proposed Fourth of July celebration. Enough money could not be raised to make it success. Charles Yeoman, of Dana, has been visiting relatives here. He is working in the car shops at Pullman, 111., during the vacation. County Superintendent Hamilton is attending the semi-annual meeting of the County Superintendent’s Association at Indianapolis. Mrs. E. L. Berry, of Frankfort, and Frank Moore and daughter, of Indianapolis, are visiting their mother, Mrs. W. E. Moore, who is sick. Harold Clark, who has been attending school in Indianapolis the past nine months, returned h< me Saturday for the summer vacation. The graduating class of the Goodland high school had charge of the Goodland Herald last week. They issued a very creditable number. The gasoline engine formely owned by the Journal is being placed in O. O. Starr’s grocery to furnish power for grinding ciffee and spices. A. Woodworth has sold his interest in the stone crushing plant to his partner, D. H. Yeoman, who will make extensive improvements in the plant. Remember that when the Rensselaer Decorating Co. does your work that mechanics will do the job and not “kids” or inexperienced men. E. P. Honan, G. A. Strickfaden, James Walters and O. Kellner attended a state meeting of the Catholic Order of Foresters at Elwood, this week.,/ .

M. L. Hemphill is installing a water moter in his blacksmith shop. It is identical in size and style to that installed by the Journal some weeks ago. Ida Emily Arnet, of Delphi, and Anna Ida Friday, of Medaryville, were two of the ten graduates at the Insti - tution for the Deaf at Indianapolis yesterday.

John McGlinn wants to keep a sain Wheatfield and will apply for a license at the next term of th® commissioners’ court. Michael Borieken ditto. S Rev O. S. Fulmer, of Indianapolis, secretary of the home mission!! work of the state, will preach at 7:30 si t the First Baptist Church next SiAiday evening. '

A. L. Branch, of Danville, has bought a half interest in J. H. Cox’ « wood and coal yard. The new flrr i will be known as the Rensselaer Fue 1 and Feed Co. A surgical operation is not neces sary to cure piles. DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve saves all that expense and never fails. Beware of counterfeits. A. F. Long. It seems absurd for newspapers to] publisn “Rules for Husbands.” Any sort of wife can prescribe better rnlet fur a husband than lie can find in a newspaper. Eczema, saltrheum, tetter, chafing, ivy poisoning and all skin tortures are quickly cured by DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. The certain pile cur®. A. F. Long. The contract for thirty miles of stone/ roads in Jefferson township, NewtorJ county, has been let to a Cincinnati firm at $45,412.40, or about $1,600 perl mile. I Rev. D. T. Halstead, Mrs R. CL Hemphill and Mite Mattie Bmijamiil attended the conference of the (’hurcly of God at Antioch, the latter part off the week. ! Don’t get side-tracked in businesJ. Dullness sometimes passes for deathl Men with brains reach the gon If. Rocky Mountain tea puts gray mattesin to one’s head. B. F. Fendig. I It is now reported that B. J. Gifford! will begin work on the branch of his road on completion o I the oil branch. Rensselaer is willing 1 and will wel< ome him wfth open arms whenever he strikes our town.

A. Lewis will remove his cigar factory to Lafayette July Ist. Mr. and Mrs J. A. Hopkins, cigar makers, will accompany him. . * ' Fred Lang, of Surrey, one of the substantial Republican farmers of Newton township, called Friday and paid four years’ subscription to the Journal for which he has our thanks, Never overlook a man’s true worth. If he has lots of gall, give him credit for that; or, if he is a boss liar, think what a legal light, rqal estate or insurance agent he might make. Mrs.. Lewis Muster has returned from Lafayette, where she was called by an accident to her brother, who was hurt by the premature of a revolver, which he was cleaning. Jennie—To have a round beautiful neck wiggle your head from side to side every night and take Rocky Mountain Tea. It’s a short cut to. a graceful form. 35p. B. F. Fendig. The subscriptions to the building of the new M. E. parsonage are now needed. Subscribers are requested to pay their subscriptions at the Commercial Bank at once. On account of small rent we will sell ail goods at a reduction. It will be an advantage to call and see my goods and learn prices before purchasing. Mrs. Purcupile. Danger, disease and death follow neglect of the bowels. Use DeWitt’s Little Early Risers to regulate them and you will add years to your life and life to your years. Easy to take, never gripe. A. F. Long. Fred Middleton, sonofßey. H. M. Middleton, and Miss Bertha Payne, formerly of Rensselaer, were married at Hammond Monday. Mrs. J. B. Marion, of Rensselaer, attended the wedding. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth attended commencement exercises of the Michigan Seminary, at Kalamazoo, Mich., this week. Her daughter, Miss Cecelia, was one of the graduates from the grammar grade. Imitators have been many. Thoughtful people have learned that true merit comes only with the genuine Rocky Mountain Tea made by Madison Medicine Co. 35c. B. F. Fendig.

The bilious, tired, nervous man cannot successfully compete with his healthy rival. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers, the famous pills for constipation, will remove the cause of your troubles. A. F. Long, Emory Mills has returned from Terre Haute, where he has been working as telephone lineman. A labor strike is on at Terre Haute and ne was compelled to give up his job until the troubles are settled. C. C. Starr has opened his ice cream and soda parlor for the season. This year he will handle the celebrated R. W. Furnas ice cream, made in Indianapolis. 80 different varieties. Individual ice cream for parties a specialty. Health for 10 Cents. A lively liver, pure blood, clean skin, bright eyes, perfect health— Cascarets Candy Cathartic will obtain and secure them for you. Genuine tablets stamped C. C. C. Never sold in bulk. All druggists, 10c. L. W. Martin, jolly Linn, who was a resident of, Rensselaer seventeen years ago, is circulating among old friends here after an absence of all those years. He is now located in Nebraska, is married and has a family. Mr. James Brown of Putsmouth, Va. over 90 years of age, suffered for years with a bad sore on his face. Phvsicians could not help him. DeWiti’s Witch Hazel Salve cured him permanently. A. F. Long. T. J. McCoy and daughter Luella, Mrs. A. McCoy and Rex Warner attended the closing exercises of the Michigan Military Academy, at Orchard Lake, Mich., at which Taylor McCoy is a student. Mr. W. J. Baxter of North Brook, N. O. says he suffered with piles for fifteen years. He tried many remedies with no results until he used DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve and that quickly cured him. A. F. Long. MrsO. B. Harrold, of Spencer, is visiting her father, 8. O. Hammond. Mr. Harrold is now working in Donkey’s printing establishment at Hammond, and they wFIL probably take up their residence in that city. An exchange calls attention to a nursing-hottie advertisement which concludes with the words: “When the baby is done drinking, it must be unscrewed and laid In a cool place. If the baby does not thrive on fresh milk, it must Oe boiled ”

Mil ton Bushong, who has been in jail for mistreating his wife, was released last Thursday on request of his wife, on condition that he would leave the county. He agreed and immediately left for his old home in Kentucky. The Monon air brake instruction car is being placed in condition to go on the road next Monday. The car will instruct the employees of the road at Chicago, Monon, Michigan City, New Albany and Bloomington, and will be in charge pf Traveling Engmeer W.. J. Hartman. Geo. 8. Burroughs, ex-president of Wabash college, has had to have an arm amputated as a result of an accident sustained last winter by slipping on an icy side walk. Dr. Burroughs now resides at Oberlin, 0., and is known to many in this county who are engaged in educational work. The editor of a newspaper that has adopted phonetic spelling, in a measure, received a postal card from an old subscriber, which read as follows; “I hev tuk your paper fer leven years, but if you kant spel enny better than you hev ben doin fer the last to weks you may jes stoppit.” Albert Powers, the horse thief who made way with George Ketcham’s horses some months ago, and was arrested later at Covington. Ky., after shooting a policeman, while resisting arrest, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for six years on the charge of shooting with intent to kill.

Sunday a number of the W. R. C. and a few members of the new post made a yisit at the nome of Mr. and Mrs. Theo. Warne, at Parr. The day was pleasant and the dinner was substantial, which delighted us all. Conversation was lively and there was no end of fun. Glad we went and shall surely go again. *„* Jacob Pinter, father of John Pinter, of Wheatfield, died at that place last Saturday, where he had been visiting his son. His death was sudden, taking place the day after he took sick. His home was at Crown Point. His age was 78 years. He leaves a wife and eight children. The remains were buried at Crown Point. Maggid Lohmen, the- Russian girl who was burned at Pembroke last week, died Monday evening. The cause of her death was not due to the burns, However, but but was caused by ileo collitis, or in common language, stomach trouble. The funeral was held at Fair Oaks Tuesday afternoon. About forty Russians from the beet plantation on the Adams ranch attended the funeral. Mrs. Lizzie Hitchcock entertained about fifty of her friends by giving an informal 4»nce Saturday evening at the home of F. W. Bedford. John Healy furnished the music. Elegant refreshments were served and the guests made merry until nearly twelve. Mrs. Hitchcock gave this party as an earnest good bye to her friends, as she is going south in a few days for her health. All hope she will be benefltted by the change and come home restored to health. There is a fellow in this town so politically hide-bound that he sends to Rensselaer for all his job printing. He has a head like a 22 calibre wooden nutmeg and would chase a black-bird to hell for a grain of pop-corn. Do you know him!—Wheatfield Telephone. Bro. Robertson Is right in this matter. Wheatfield is entirely too small to support a printing office properly even if all the work is given to it. The job printing of Wheatfield properly belongs to the Telephone and it should be given al) the patronage. It is such practices referred to by the Telephono that kills small towns. Miss Luella McCoy entertained a party of Lafayette’s young society people at a seven o’clock dinner Inst Saturday. The guests of honor were Mr. John E. Bixler and Miss Ruth Miller, whose marriage will take place June 19th. Other members of the party were Misses Alice Hanna, Lousie Vanatta and Elizabeth levering, Messrs. Geo. B. McOutheon, Bert Kaull, Ernest Moore, Richard Sample, and Edgar Miller, of Lafayette, and Dr. A. L. Berkley, of Rensselaer. ■duoate Voar Bowels With Cuoarets. Candy Cathartic, euro constipation forever. IOo.SOo. If C. 0.0. fall, druggists refund money.