Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 13, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 September 1901 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the prairie City. TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Pun and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes The public schools will open next Monday. Rev. A.'G. Work has returned from Oxford, O. Omer Ritchey, ol Anderson, has been visiting relatives here. Miss Myrtle Oram, of Goodland, visited relatives here yesterday. Miss E. L. Clark is visiting her sister, Mrs. A. W. Cole, in Lafayette. Miss Nellie Eight, of Hegewisch, 111., is the guest of iier aunt, Mrs. Joseph Eight. Frank Austin’s residence, near Wheatfield, was destroyed by fire last Thursday. Loss about $2,500. Miss Helen Harris, of Hammond, is here preparatory to teaching one of the rooms in the public schools. * For Sale.—A high grade bicycle; good as new; cheap; or will trade for good top buggy. H. L. Brown. FoR Sale—A new Webster’s International dictionary, indexed, revised edition. Inquire at the Journal office.

Miss Helen Eelley has gone to Calumet, Mich., where she will teach the primary department of the public schools. Lots in Leopold’s addition are now on sale at reduced 'prices and on easy terms. For particulars inquire of Moses Leopold. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Francis, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Overton and Miss Lois Robinson have entered the American School of Osteopathy at Eirkville, Mo. Mrs., F. B. Learning and children have returned to their home at Goshen. Miss Mildred Spitler accompanied them there, where she will attend 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. Miss Mildred Eeith, of Pontiac, Mich., who will succeed Miss Ruie Conner as teacher of music in the public schools, is now here ready to begin work at they, opening of school. J. F. Ashley, of Cayuga, the mail agent, who has been trying to rent a house in Rensselaer that he might move here, was unsuccessful, and has located in Monon. Thus Rensselaer loses a good citizen by the scarcity of houses for rent. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Wolfe, the bridal couple, arrived in New York from their European trip last Saturday. They expected to take in the Buffalo exposition before returning to Rensselaer, but will probably arrive here before this reaches the eyes of .our readers. Messrs. A. B. Cowgill, Will Porter and Dr. Schmadel, of Rensselaer; James Mead, of Hammond; Frank Hascall, of Mt. Ayr, Misses Grace Jakes, of Lafayette; Orrie and Myra Clark, Florence Wood and Mrs. Gertie Robinson, of Rensselaer, spent Sunday at Water Valley.

A. Leopold has decided to sell the lots in his new Oklahoma addition. They will' be sold at reduced prices and on easy terms. Now is the time to purchase before the completion of the new railroad, which will be built within two blocks of the addition. For particulars inquire of Moses Leopold. James Yeoman, five miles west of Rensselaer, who rais> d 30 bnshels of Canada wheat to the acre this year, will sell seed wheat at $2 per bushel' and will guarantee the wheat not to fall down and will replace the seed tree if frozen out. The grains are nearly white and very plump and can be grown successfully in this part of the country. See him at his farm or address him at Rensselaer.

Mrs. G. W. Goff Is Visiting at Crown Point. Bert White, of Chicago, is visiting relatives here. R. P. Israel, of Chestnut, 111., is visiting relatives here. A- H. Hopkins has returned from his Michigan outing. Miss Grace Jakes, of Lafayette, is the guest of Miss Orrie Clark. Mrs. Elmer Wilcox has returned home from a visit at Lafaydtte. Miss Maude Healey has entered a business college at Indianapolis. Louie Fendig, of Brunswick, Ga., is visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Fendig. Mrs. R. J. Crane and Miss Dora Cragen, of Logansport, are visiting relatives here. Albert Oppenheimer, of New Orleans, is the guest of B. S. Fendig and other relatives. Mrs. Jane C. Green has gone 10 Uhrichsville, 0., to spend the balance of the year. Miss Florence Lyon, of Delphi, is the guest of her grandmother, Mrs. Julia A. Healey. Misses Anna and Belle Doyle, of LaSalle, 111., are the guests of their sister, Mrs B. J. Harmon. E. L. Hollingsworth has returned from Charlevoix, where he has been spending a short vacation. Misses Zoe and Madge Hartman, of Bozeman, Montana, are the guests of their aunt, Miss Nellie Imes. Taylor Wood, of Parr, brother of W. L. Wood, and Miss Delia Parker, of Gifford, were married last Sunday at the residence of Elder J. L. Brady, in Rensselaer. Chase Eelly is now at Colorado Springs, Col., attending college. His brother Charlie has charge of a laundry at Wahpeton, N. D. Frank is located at Rockford, 111.

Watch the locals next week. We may have a car load of peaches at 50 to 75 cents a bushel. Chicago Bargain Store. Mr. and Mrs. B. Forsythe are in Chicago buying their fall goods and will also take a trip into Michigan to investigate the fruit and vegetable crops. We may buy a car load of peaches in a few days. Leave your name and we will notify you on arrival. Chicago Bargain Store. Mothers write us that they have solved the problem of keeping their children well. Give them Rocky Mountain Tea each week. A blessing to mother and child. B. F. Fendig. George Hollister, of Eniman, whose sickness has been previously mentioned, is now at the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. D. E. Hollister, in Rensselaer, undergoing treatment.

A never failing cure for cuts, burns, scalds, ulcers, wounds and sores is DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve. A most soothing and healing remedy for all skin affections. Accept only the genuine. A. F. Long. Last Wednesday, which was circus day at Monticello, four colored employes of the show broke into the residence of Elisha Warden and stole some clothing. They were arrested and will probably land in the prison at Michigan City. Henry Braydon, Harris, N. C., says; ‘ I took medicine 20 years for asthma but one bottle of One Minute Cough Cure did me more good than any thing else during that time. Best Cough Cure. A. F. Long. The revival meetings at the First Baptist church commenced Sunday night to a crowded house. Re/. \V. Ed Meads, ttie pastor, preached. Rev. J. H. Bagwill, the evangelist, did not arrive until but from now on will lake partin the meetings.'

Wm. Barley, oT near Surrey, a minor, was arrested last week for mis representing his age in order to buy liquor at ft saloon. He was fined $lO and costs on a pica of guilty, one half of which was remitted during good behavior. The amount paid for his foolishness was $18.40.

Sid Darling, 1012 Howard St., Port Huron, Mich., writes: "I have tried many pills and laxatives but DeWitt’s Little Early Risers are far the best pills I have ever used.” They never gripe. A. F. Long.

B. J. Gifford is laying ont a iew town on his railroad in Jasper county, to be known as Asphalt. Once upon a time when we were hunting moose u i in Maine we passed through a little town of that name, and when the conductor entered the coach and announced the station, with a sort of rising inflection, fourteen green umbrellas in the hands of as many severe looking females beat a rat tat on his head withthe regularity of canvasmen driving stakes for the greatest show on earth. —Morocco Courier.

Mrs. Charles Robinson is visiting in Monori. A. E. Moore has rented the Altar farm, east of town. A'. V. Eaton, of Lafayette, has taken charge of the Nowels House. Rev. B. F. Ferguson preached at Badger, near Brookston, last Sunday. Mr. Samuel Singer, of Hartford City, is the guest of Mrs. W. C. Babcock. George E. Murray and family are taking in the Bullalo exposition this week. ' * B. W. Ellsworth, ol Barkley township, has returned from a trip to Camus, Wash. E. M. Neher, of Rossvilla, instructor of science in.the public schools, arrived Monday. Mr. and Mrs. Geo. N. Dunn have returned to their home at Wichita, Eans., after an extended visit here. Miss Grace Jacks has returned home from Danville, 111., where she has been taking training to become a nurse. Rev. and Mrs. M. R. Paradis com pleted their visit here last Thursday. They will make their future home at Waverly, Minn. Advertised Letters: Mrs. LuElln Cox, Mr. Alvin Clark, Mr. Amos Fees Mrs. J. M. Joliff, Mr. Joseph Polock, Mr. Fred A. Wilkins. In all fifty tickets were sold from here last- Thursday to the Odd Fellows’ picnic at Water Valley. The Citizens band was in attendance.

J. A. Hamilton, of the new railroad, was here on business last week. He states that grading will begin between Rochester and Ligonier this month. Clyde Gray and Van \Vood left on Monday for South Dakota, and from there will go to Seattle, Wash. They may locate permanently in the west. We will have a car load of peaches next week if we can buy them to save our‘ customers 50 cents a bushel. Chicago Bargain Store. The infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Watson, now of Chicago Heights, died Sunday. Mrs. Ira Norris, of Rensselaer, grandmother of the baby, attended the funeral. Rev. D. A. Timker, a former pastor of the Free Baptist church here, has resigned his pastorate at Ridgeville and moved to Hortonville, Wis., where lie will take charge of a congregation. Last week I went, abont, Full of trouble and of doubt. Now I’m smiling and dance with de light I had some Rocky Mountain Tea last night. B. F. Fendig. All kinds of wagon and buggy repairing done at C. Hansen’s wagon shop. B. W. Pursell, Eintersville, Pa., says he suffered 25 years with piles and could obtain no re.ief until De Witt’s Witch-Hazel Salve effected a permanent fcure. Counterfeits are worthless. WhF'. Long. Ed Peacock, late of Laßue Bros., has secured a position as traveling salesman for Carson, Pirie, Scott & Co ,of Chicago. He will be stationed at Grand Island, Nebraska, his territory being that state and Colorado. Don’t wait until you become chronically constipated but take DeWitt’B Little Early Risers now and then. They will keep yoty liver and bowels in good order. Easy to take. Safe pills A. F. Long. Chas. Vick, our graduate optician, unlike many others in his profession, has a good business at home; in fact he has the cream of the trade and his business continues to grow and get better as time goes on. In fact he is a close student or specialist, devoting , his entire time to his chosen profession. He commenced fitting 'people with glasses in 1872.