Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 November 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. Mrs. A. W. Cleveland is visaing in Lafayette. C. E. Mills was at Pontiac, 111., on business Monday. Frank Kreesler is confined to his home with sickness. The Monon in October increased its earnings 542,1398. The total earnings for the month were $412,117. 182 barrels extra fancy sound winter apples from the Alleghany mountains, Pa., just received. Chicago Bargain Store. U. N. Baughman has purchased of the administrator, the Nancy Jane Shaw residence on Weston street, and will soon move therein. For Rent.—One 9 room house, with cellar, woodhouse and stable. Good water. Inquire of A. Leopold, at the office of Mose Leopold.

A thousand things by it are done far better than most things do one. We refer to Rocky Mountain"' Tea made by Madison Medicine Co. 35c. B. F. Fendig. Landy McGee, whose wife recently deserted him, has sold off his household goods, and left Rensselaer. He has declared his intention of going west, probably to Texas. Twenty-four choice varieties winter apples, all No. 1 stock, free from worms, just received, $3 to $4. per barrel. Chicago Bargain Store. Those holding tickets in our Ohio, lowa and Massachusetts election guessing contest, will be notified as to the result of the contest as soon as the official vote is made public.

The new Free Baptist church at Parr will be dedicated Sunday, December 1. Rev. J. 1,. Meads, of Chester, 111., will assist the paster, W Ed. Meads, in the service This is a neat church building costing about SI2OO. Mrs. Bernice Loyd, formerly Miss Bernice Sigler, well known here from her frequent visits with her aunt, Mrs. George Golf, died at Georgetown, South Carolina, on Monday ol last week, during confinement. Her age was about twenty four years. I’d leave my happy home and cross the deep blue sea. Rather than be without Charley and my Rocky Mountain Tea. B. F. Fendig.

The Rensselaer foot ball team will play the Logansport team at Delphi this (Thursday j afternoon for a purse of SIOO. The Citizens’ Band and many foot ball enthusiasts will accompai y the team from here. The Monon has made a round trip rate of $1.15. The Redkey Methodists have taken a new departure in church work, and are holding noon day prayer meetngs around at the business bouses each day at one o’clock. It is doubt ful if such methods will advance the cause of religion to any extent. It is more apt to do it harm.

Here are a few varieties of which we have five to ten barrels each fancy winter apples: Northern Spies, Rambow, Black Detroit. Tulpohocking, Kings, Pippins, York Imperial, Paradise, Canada Keets, Russetts, Romanites, Roman Beauties, Baldwins, Grime’s Golden, Bendam’s, etc. Chicago Bargain Stork.

Miss Louise Harmon is visiting relatives at Pontiac, 111. B. G. Treat, of Marion, Wisconsin, visited friends here last week. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Dowell last Saturday. (J. 11. O’Neal attended the funeral of his sister at Washington, Ind., last week. Ira Osborne, of .Michigan Citj’, visited relatives here the latter part of the week. Mrs. R. T. Newman and son, E. R. Newman and wife, left on Friday for their future home in Rochester. Rev. J. L. Meads has been secured for a ten days’ meeting at the Free Baptist church, commencing Dec. 1. McCoy & Porter received 166 head of stock cattle from Chicago last week, which they will feed for the market. Cox & Branch received a car load of wood from Fair Oaks this week. They have been retailing it at $3 2*> per cord. , Nate Reed’s little son got severely burned on the throat and chin while playing with a hot poker this week.— Remington Press. McCoy & Porter purchased a car load of mules at Cincinnati last week They will be used on their Jordan and Union township farms. A farmers’ institute will be held at Remington, November 22nd and 23rd, and at Wheatfield on Monday and Tuesday, November 18th and 19th.

A. W. Cole,Jthe mail agent, who has been taking a four weeks’ vacation, at full pay, will go on duty again next week. His salary has just been raised SIOO per year. Brings attractiveness to listless, un lovable girls, making them handsome, marriageable women. That’s what Rocky Mountain Tea will do. 35c. B. F. Fendig. It is said that the death of Col. R. A. Hamilton, of Goodland, chief engineer of the new east and west railroad, will not prevent the building of the road. Srank McDonald, of Lowell, was ed by a Three I train at Shelby last week, and horribly mangled. He is supposed to have been intoxicated when he met his death. 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. The local poultry dealers will begin dressing for the Thanksgiving market the latter part of the week. A large force of pickers will find employment during the picking season. County Recorder Porter and wife are visiting their daughter, Mrs. Will Clark, at Crystal Falls, Michigan. Bruce is supposed to be spending the most of his time tiunting deer.

The twelfth annual session of the Jnkpe.' County Teachers’ Association will be held in Rensselaer on Friday and Saturday, November 22nd and 23rd. The programs will be H' nt out this week. Rev. W. Ed Meads, pastor of the Free Baptist church, of this city, baptised and look into church at Vaugn, one member and also one member by 'etter into the dhurcb in this city Sunday Those of our exchanges who are running the advertising of the International Aural Clinic. ofOhirago, sent out by the Independent Advertising Agency, of that city, should demand pay in advance A word to the wise should be sufficient Dr. A. L. Berkley cut his Unger with a surgical instrument recently, and to avoid threatened blood poisoning, went to Chicago to have the wound treated. He has suffered considerable pain, but apprehends no B3rious trouble.

Ex Trustee J C. Kaupke is prepar ing to move to Norman, Oklahoma, for the benefit of his wife’s health. He will shortly dispose of his personal property at public sale. He expects to remain in the west Qnly two years, however, when he will return to his farm here. Editor Knotts, of the Francesville Tribune, is erecting a new office building, or rather remodeling an old building which he recently purchased. Bro Knotts, though a calamity howler, is enjoying more than his per cent of the general prosperity, brought about by the republican administration. We congratulate him.

Louis S. Alter, of Carpenter township, was here Monday advertis ng the farmers’ institute which will be held at Remington, Friday and Saturday, November 22 and 23. The in structors will be L. S. Alter, Cal Hus selman, J. L. Wood, James Troop, David Shand, B. D. Comer, John E. Alter, James Lock. Levi Hawkins and others. This will be the first supple mental institute to be he.d in Remington and a most interesting program has been prepared.