Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — THNIGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THNIGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the Prairie City. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! qtah Yffrgv axrc • News Items Caught on the Run and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Local and Personal Notes.

J. W. Williams is visiting in Marion, Ohio. J. F. Irwin is able to be down town again. —t . ■ . > Mrs. Mary Drake has returned home from Chicago. Joe Hammond, of Wheatfield, spent Sunday here. 1 Miss Rae Mossier spent Monday at Lafayette. . For fine job work call at the JOURNAL office. Miss Jeßpie . Murray is visiting in Monticello. Robert White, of Chicago, is visiting relatives here. Remember theWcent excursion t<J ! Chicago Sunday. Mayor Eger and wjfe have returned from Kendallville. Lfhneus Martin has returned to his, home at W’ahpo, Neb n : \ The Rensselaer ball team will play at Lowell on the Fourth. Mrs. George Goff has returned from a visit at Crown Poiqfc.-* Misses Edith and Carrie Marshall are visiting tri LaPdrte. ‘ ' 1 ■ ■ ■ •X Armour’s big Ice house, at Cedar Lake, burned Tuesday riight.' ’ >- John Bressler was examined for a pension -at Delphi last week. Prof. fjanders left last Friday for a visit at flillersburg and Ha’diey. . 1 ElijahjCrawford, of Barkley township, lost a valuable cow last week. Mrs. M. J. Hatten, of Chicago, is the guest R. Vanatta. Mary ind Lena Washburn, of Chicago, art visiting-thdir parents here. Mrs. lizzie Guss, Frank Critser and Mary Pinkerton were visiting at Wheeler.- ; ' A *. r n »us Miss Edna Thompson and Glenn Robinson are attending>Ahe Wimona Assembly. All kinds of wagon and buggy repairing Hansen’s wagon •hop. Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Bender, of San Francisted,3ajVtbe e guest6 of ft ar ufiole,’ w. F- ’ i The Remington band will furnish the music for the Fourth of July celebration at Kentland A “tiger” is said to be running at large in Monon. The authorities will probably clip its clawsk.jMrs. C. H.iPorter, of Delphi, was the guest of her parents, Mr. and Mrs;‘J.’ W. Williams this week. j t j , Miss Elsie Watson, who has been attending the Ctytafigo Institute;,- h> turned home last ' - 4 * «» •> Mrs. Fred, Dalton and children, of Danvilli : , Im, sickness of his father, *» f * ■ l »< I ♦ 11 J Im The Wabash had a bad wreck at Cass, near Logansport, yesterday. A number were killed. Henry Taylor and family, of Lafayette, spent Sunday with T. J. McCoy and family here. The Kniman Methodists last Saturday broke, the ground for a new church Ao cost about SI,OOO. Miss Grace Jacks returned 'to het duties inXhe Vermillion County Hospital, at Danville, 111,, last Friday. Bro. Robertson, of the Wheatfield Telephone, was in town Saturday to take in the elocutionary poafopt. ls Joe Reynolds and “Dode” George were home 'from Delphi Sunday to spend the day with their mothers. Brace gflie Oak, heius d position as weigher in an elevator. Billy Postill, who has been spending the winter at Medaryville and Winai mac, was home the first of the week. Miss Edith Shedd has returned from Evanston. Illy where she has been attending 'tne'NoJthMrestern University.' Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Montgomery The Masonic picnic at Cedar Lake Tuesday wM lad ‘entire 'sudcess, notwithstanding the extremely hot weatheT. 117 tickets were sold here.

*MJiss Helen Kelley returned home from Madison, Wis., yesterday afternoon. t ; . a The second oil well was completed at Delphi Tuesday, and- developed salt water only. The earnings of the Mqnop for the second week in June were $3,348 in excess of the corresponding week of 1900. The Goodland ball team defeated the “Bloomer girls,”.a traveling club Of girls, last Wednesday; by a score of 20 to 8. Misses Opal and Gladys Grant, "of Rose Lawn, have been the guests of their grandparents, Holdridge Clark and wife. Austin O. Moore, of Pleasant Ridge, has just returned from a prospecting trip in Missouri where Ae (purchased 6 real estate. Dr. I. B. Washburn will attend the Kankakee Valley District Medical Association at Culver, Lake Maxinkucke today. Homer Hardy, of Remington, has gone to Oregon to purchase a car load of horses, which he expects to dispose of in Rensselaer, Miss Therese Wigforss, the optician, Went to Kentland Tuesday to spend a week before returning to her home in Chicago. Taylor Boicourt, of the Chicago Bargain Store, has gone to the Indiana Mineral Springs to have his rheumatism treated. Charles Vick,O.’Dt, Optician, so the fest of the month will fit you with glasses at one-third off. Leave word at O. H. Vick’s fruit stdre. ’li.*F. Ferguson and S. A. Dowell returned from lowa Friday. Mr. Dowell purchased a half section of land in Taylor county while away.

> Thomas-L. Jones, of Pontiac, 111., has purchased G. W. Andrus’ 100 acre farm, 6} miles northwest of town. Consideration $65 per acre. Remember that when the Rensselaer Decorating Co. does your work that mechanics will do the job and not “kids” or inexperienced men. We sell paints and wall paper of all kinds, also all kinds of painters’ and paper hangers’supplies. , Renssei aer Decorating Co, The officers of the Old Settlers’ Association are requested to meet in the east court room at 2 P. M. on next Saturday. . By order of the president.

W. R. Leevof Hanging Gtove town-’ ship, has leased ground at McCoysburg and will erect a store building thereon and open out a hardware store. - . Goodland town board has wiseiy refused to purchase a chemical fire engine. Rensselaer invested about SI,OOO in such an engine and sold it for $25. -> l ’ ■»M. i r Jll I . I After Jtriy Ist all clergymen east ofttye. Mississippi ; river and west of Pittaburg .arid BuffatomiuHhfoay tWeitji five cents for permits to buy railroad tickets at half’ftre!’ * •

Goodland, after all, has decided celebrate the fourth. Prizes for varion« coritekts.will be given. Hon. U. Zf*Wiley? jufigfe bf sl6 the address. > for a newyWanon manufactured to y<>ur order from the best’ 3 mritdHakcarid hat; t aj price. All hand work.

Mies Minnie Bartoo and Lucile Marshall left on Monday for Buffalo, where they will attend the exposition. They will spend a portion of their vacation in visiting relatives in that state. Prof. Mocpel, former director of the Citizens Band, has been employed as director of the Vinita, Indian Territory, band. His family is still here but w|H probably join him there. On account of small rent we will sei! kill goods at' a 'redbottom IMIt will be an advantage to call and see my goods and learn prices before piifc" I phasing. Mrs. Purcupile. X sqqjlcal operatior{ v 'is tiMkt necestary to itour®.-files. DeWitt?/ Witch Hazel Salve saves all that expense and never fails./.Beware of counterfeits. ‘A. Fl Long. I i f t K. M. Neber, of Rossville, has heen elected tehQherjpfscippoe ip the public schools here. He will succeed Oho. E l . Mitchell, who Wii resigned the Roejtfop. , , > ; sal|rheum, tetter, chafing, ivy poisoning and ail skin tor M-eta Are* qiildtly ctired By DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. The. pertain ,pije cqre, A. F. Long. • Send in your guesses early. Yon may be the winner of the $5,000 cash Brian, forupak ing the nearest correct guess on the Voti W’dfiio, Massachusetts and low*. 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. 36c. B. F. Fendig.

J W. H. Coo ver arri v«d.hftU4Ja AlondkJY. evening from Oklahoma... ftp, likes the country very well but has not yet decided upon a loqptabn. , 4 Cowmissipner Dowell intends to move to his newly \>ufdha#ed faim in lowa next February. This will necessitate the appointment of a‘ hew commissioner.* * Albert Overton has sold his half interest in ’’the hardware store pf Rhoades <Sc Overton to his partner, E. D. Rhoades. Mr. Overton, on account of his tion. Imitators hfive beep many. Thoughtful people have learned that true merit comes only with the genuine Rocky ‘ Mountain Tea made by Madison ftjedicjne Co. 35c. B. F. -Fehdig. A Sunday school picnic will be held in Mr. Farmer’s grove near Slaughter school July ‘4th ifi the afternoon. An ice cream social will be given at night at the same place. Everybody invited. ~ - Open air concerts by the Remington band, male quartette and glee club are given on the streets'of that little 4 city every Friday evening. Sunday afternoon a sacred concert was given at the town park. . : , . Mr. W; ‘J. ‘Baxter of North Brook, N. C. 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. The bilious, tired, nervohs 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. * C. C. Starr has opened his ipe cream and soda parlor for the season. This year he will handle the celebrated R. W. Furnas ice cream, made in Indian apolis. 80 different varieties. Individual ice cream for parties a specialty. “All the ladies who wear sls hats will please remove them. Those whose hats only cost 50 cents need not bother to take them off.” So said Rev. Dr. St. John recently when about to lecture, ft isn’t necessary to say what happened. ‘ On Wednesday evening of last week lightning struck three horses belonging to George Parker, at his farm 7i miles northeast of town. One horse, valued at S7O, was killed and the other two knocked down, one of them losing an eye. Reuben K. Hay and Miss Lena O. Foster], of Hanging Grove township, wefre married at the home of the bride’e par- nt/i east pf town, by Elder Brady; of Rensselaer, last Wednesday. They Will reside on the McCoy farm, near McCoysbury. Advertised Letters: Alfred McDonald Leach, C. Archambault, David Webb, Mrs. Wm. Schenneman, Mr. A. P. Roberts. Mr. Wm. Piatt, Mr. and Mrs. A. Potts, Miss P. Morris, Mr. T. -Ft Oberlin. Mr, McGisens,- Mr. Thos. Mr. I. L. Literman, Israel Lite, Leach, John Keen.

W. F. Sn?ith Jias sold bis three year old hfljy trottipg stallion by, Redriver to McCoy and Thompson for $1,500. hw !a record,pf 2:12„ and is the best £pst |hat,was eyer on the Rensselaer trapk. It will probably be put on the Ohtc|igo market. Billy has purchased a $3Mu pacing mare in its place. ‘ - •

‘ Gwin & McDonald's hardware store at McCoy sburg was robbed Saturday night. Entrance was gained by prying open the ‘door. Three or tour dollars in money was secured And some of the goods carried away, which was loaded on a hand car, the ear beipg left near Ley. ,Homc talent is supposed to have been back of the job. i, Rev. W- E ,Stanley, presiding elder of the Wiljiarpsport district of the U. B. Chur<?h, will preach in the Primitive Baptist Church in Rensselaer Saturday pvenipg at 9 o’clock. U, Bquarterly t meeting will bp held'at Brushwood at 2 o’clock the same after.noon.i Qq Sunday morning he will preach at .Dewdrop and at the Slaughtec.«choo/ hoqse at night. •’Micah B. Halstead, of Newton townAbip, last week received a car load, or 120 Angora goats from Ti xas. He will make a business of raising the animals for their Wool and to sell. They are easy to raise and their fleece is said-to be l more valuable than those of sheep:-They are also valuable to Mtlar the land of hazel brush, and this was his main object in buying them. { George Molln,'Jr., of Pittsburg, Pa., was the nearest correct guesser oh the U. 8. census contest, in which’ large Cash prizes were given by' the Press Publishing Association, Detroit, Mich., and secured a cash prize of $15,000. In the contest in which the Journal is. a member , the largest prize isss,ooo,' but this is . welt wpHh trying for ahd'triay go to our As 1,000 cash prizes are to be given away the chances are excellent for a prize of some amount.