Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 7, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 July 1901 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the prairie City. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Hun and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes Arthur Catt is in Illinois on business. Ed Peacock has returned from his vacation. Miss Bessie Eger is visiting at Valparaiso. Miss Anna Hartman is visiting in Remington. Mrs. Jesse Nichols is visiting in Brookston. For fine job work call at the JOURNAL office. John W. H. Burns has moved to Michigan City. George H. Maines is at Chattsworth 111., on business. John Paxton, of Lamar, Col., is visiting relatives here. Prof, and Mrs. Hiatt have returned from a visit at Sheridan. Miss Elsie Watson has returned from a visit at Areola, 111. ■ Charles Sigler, of Hebron, is the guest of his cousin, Bert Goff. Mrs. Lawdie Martin has gone to Cincinnati to visit her parents. Luther Wartena, of Hammond, w:s the guest of his mother Sunday. James Mead, of Hammond, spent Sunday with Miss Myra Clark, Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Rowles have returned from a visit at Winamac. Herm Purdy, of Lowell, was the guest of Miss Grace Haas Sunday. Miss Anna Lang, of Vincennes, is the guest of Miss Bernice Warren. Mrs. Harry Wade and son, of Hammond, are visiting her parents here. Wm. Lloyd has returned from a visit to the Pan American Exposition. Mrs. 8. A. Hemphill has returned from a visit with her son at Danville, 111.

All the popular drinks at Haus’ new restaurant in the Odd Fellows’ building. All kinds of wagon and buggy repairing done at C. Hansen’s wagon shop. Miss Floss Starr, who has been visiting at Buck Creek, has returned home. A nine pound son was born to Mr and Mrs. Vic Yeomah, north of town, Monday. Mrs. Simon Leopold and daughter spent Sunday with the family of A. Leopold. Mr. and Mrs. F. H. White, of NewYork, are the guests of C. P. Wright and family. Ice cream soda, a delicious drink during hot weather, at Haus’ new restaurant. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. O. Florence, of Newton township, last Friday. Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Brown, of Putmansville, are visiting Isaac Glazebrook and family. A. Lewis advertises that he is employing twenty hands in his new cigar factory at Lafayette.

Will Murray, of Barkley township, has gone to Oklahoma, to take a hand in the land drawing. Wheatfleld will hold a farmers’ picnic Saturday, August 24th. A big time is expected. Ask your Grocer for Red Cross Bal Blue. Large 2oz. package 5 cents. Refuse imitations. The Gifford excursion to St. Joe, Mich., last Sunday, was patronized by 106 pleasure seekers. P. M. Fawcett has returned to Beoit, Wis., his former home, and his family will soon follow him there. When you go to buy bluing, ask for Red Gross Ball Blue. Large package 5 cents. Refuse imitations. Charles Paxton is intending to moye back from Col., and engage in the lumber business in Hammond. W. D. Harlow, formerly publisher of the Monon News, has purchased the Bulletin, at Gau Claire, Mich.ol

J. D. Babcock is making extensive improvements to his farm residence west of town. , Buy your fall supplies at the great clearance sale. Chicago Bargain Store. C. F. Snodgrass, of Lafayette, is visiting his brother, Ancil Snodgrass, who is very low with consumption. Six more days of the great clearance sale, to Aug. Ist. Chicago Bargain Store. • The oil branch of the Gifford road has at last been completed and a new train will be placed on the road at once. «A burning chimney at the Makeover House caused the alarm of fire to be given Monday afternoon. No damage was done. Miss Maggie Kenton has returned home from an evangelistic tour. She will shortly go to Lagrange to assist in a tent revival. Lieutenant Bates Tucker has been assigned to the 14th U. S. Infantry, stationed on the Sault St. Mary Canal, on Lake Superior.

Much of the new elevator machinery has arrived and is being installed. It is thought that the building will be completed about August 10th. Jackson township, Newton county, will vote on the railroad appropriation next Saturday. Beaver township will hold an election August 3rd. The new cigar factory will be located on Front street, in the building formerly occupied by the steam laundry. The room is now being fitted up for the purpose. George H. Healey has passed the civil service examination and will probably secure a position in the government printing office in a few months. If you want some “just as good” I make it myself’ Remedy, try an im itation Rocky Mountain Tea. ‘Twill make you sick and keep you sick. B. F. Fendig. A bad complexion generally results from inactive liver and bowels. In all such cases, DeWitt’s Little Early Risers produce gratifying results. A. F. Long. The piles that annoy you so will be quickly and permanently healed if you use DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. Beware of worthless counterfeits. A. P. Long. John F. Judy has purchased an interest in the Rose Lawn Bank. It is also reported that he is figuring on starting an automobile factory at Lafayette.

Leave your order with 0. 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. Over a hundred signers to the Maloy saloon license remonstrance has been secured. This is more than enough names to secure the defeat of the application. Fat lady—Don’t sleep too much; exercise; don’t eat fats and sweets. To reduce flesh rapidly take Rocky Mountain Tea. Acts directly on the fatty tissues. 36c. B. F. Fendig. One of the colored boys who has been working at the House has disappeared, as has about $5 from the money drawer and other articles belonging to the hotel. If young ladies think soreß, pimples and red noses look well with a bridal veil and orange blossoms, it’s all right. Yet Rocky Mountain Tea would drive them away. 35c. B. F. Fendig. Geo. Spitler, who has been with the bill car of Robinson’s circus, is home forashort visil. He will try to secure a position with the Wallace bill posters, who will be here next week. White crocks only 5 cents gallon. Pure white porcelain lined crocks, 7 days a gallon. Sold at 8 and 10 cents elswhere. Chicago Bargain Stork. Miss Ruie Conner has resigned as teacher of Latin and German in the Rensselaer public schools. She will go to Boulder, Col., for the benefit of her health and reside with a sister.

The Goodland Herald wants to know what would be the matter with Hon. William Cummings, of Newton county, as a candidate for judge of the circuit court. The Her aid though, admits that it has no authority to say whether he will be a candidate or not. Judge Thompson sitting in vacation yesterday heard a case from Remington, that of Sheets vs. Whitehead (tHorner. • Bheets had bought out the furniture business of one of the defendents, who had agreed not to again go in business in Remington, and it was to prevent him doing so that an injunction was asked. A temporary injunction was granted against Whitehead.

Mi-s. 0. Groevnier and children, of Rockefeller, 111., are the guests of her father, James Thompson and family. If the fellow who stole our annual pass over the Gifford railroad will drop us a postal card and tell us what he intends to do with it, we will call it square.—Morocco Courier. Rev. Samuel Beck, presiding elder, will hold quarterly ipeeting at the M. E. Church next Sunday morning. The quarterly conference will be held at the church Monday morning at 8 o’clock. The fire company was again called out Tuesday afternoon by a fire at J. J. Eiglesbach’s barn. It started na manure pile a ainst. .the barn and was put out after slightly scorching the building. Those famous tittle pills, DeWitt’s Little Early Risers compel your liver and bowels to do their duty, thus giving you pure, rich blood to recuperate your body. Are easy to take. Never gripe. A. F. Long —, Alf Donnelly has brought to town a number of army worms, samples of n large crop that have invaded bis millet patch. The worms are very destructive and are making short work of the crop. Frank Randle lias sold bis onh half interest in the dry goods stock of Porter & Randle to Charles Herzog, a traveling salesman for John Farwell. of Chicago. Mr. Randle is uncertain as to his future plans, The crowds you see every day at the Chicago Bargain Store is evident that the public appreciate the values given at their great clearance sale. W. T. S. Irelan, , editor of the Gilman, 111., Signal, and at one time an employe of the People’s Pilot here, has been arrested on the charge of criminal libel. The complainant is C. H. Payson, editor of the AVatseka Stalwart.

An exchange says a man was brought to justice a few days ago in White county, for pounding his wife oyer the head with a door. The justice promptly released him, explaining that every man has a perfect right to adbre his wife. Frederick S. Williams, aged fifty three years, city editor and founder of the Lafayette SuriHay Times, and a well known Indiana politician, is dead. Under the Cleveland regime he served as chief clerk in the auditor’s office of the treasury. Johnny Wilkins, of the Burt-Terry Stationary Co., of Lafayette, was in the city yesterday. Johnny was in the recent wreck at Cass Station, on the Wabash. He received a broken wrist and injuries on his back and head, but is recovering nicely. Simon Leopold has received |5,900 insurance on his stock of goods recently destroyed by fire atKentland. One of the companies, in which lie carried an insurance of $1,500, is bankrupt, and he will probably receive nothing from it.

We can supply the retail trade with stoneware at 1 cent to IJ4 cent per gallon less than you can buy elsewhere in less than car load lots. Chicago Bargain Store. Gollmar Bros. & Schuman’s combined shows which will give an exhibition here Monday, J uly 29th, comes very strongly recommended by the press and public wherever they have been. Let all turn out and make the occasion a grand holiday. “I am indebted to One Minute Cough Cure for my piesent good health and my life. I was treated in in vain by doctors for lung trouble following la grippe. I took One Minute Couch Cure and recovered my health.” Mr. E. H. Wise, Madison, Ga., A. F. Long. We are informed that the statement in the Republican that Mrs. Mary E. Swain, state president of the W. R. 0., has made a new roster is a mistake, as she could not do that until after the election in December. Mrs. Viola Thornton, of Rensselaer, is district president, and not vice president, as stated. One car load, 7,000 gallons, white crockery just received, (iallon crocks only 5 cents per gallon, which is less than they can be bought in less than car load lots. Chicago Bargain Stoijk.