Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 January 1902 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings z Around the Prairie City. TIIH.Y TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Hun and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes Dr. Kay’a Lung Balm for bronchitis. Dr. Kay’s Renovator for dyspepsia. Miss Ola Wood is visiting in Chicago. Miss Orrie Clark is nursing a ease of typhoid fever in Monon. Miss Fay Clayton, of Monon, has been the guest of Miss Mabie Huff. A daughter was born to Mr. and Mrs. W. O. -Newman, last Friday. Don’t forget Lee has plenty of good ship lap. Try him at McOoysburg. Mrs. Mary Thomas has moved to Andrews, where her son is located. Mrs. L. M. Dehart, of Lafayette, spent Sunday with Mies Edna Dillon. Jim Hemphill, of Danville, 111., visited relatives and friends here last week. Dr. Kay’s Renovator cures headache, constipation, dyspepsia. 25c. 50, and sl. Warren Robinson has purchased the James Rayburn farm in Gillam township. To purify the blood, renovate with Dr. Kay’s Renovator. Ask druggists for it. The Tenth district Republican convention wJH be held at Hammond next Wednesday. Dr. Kay’s Renovator, a perfecsystern renovator. At druggists 25 50, sl. Mrs. Mary Lyons, of Delphi, was here to attend the funeral of Mrs. Margaret Healy. Lagrippe, coughs, quickly cured by Dr. Kay’s Lung Balm Druggists sell it. David Washburn, of Stockton, Kansas, was the guest of his brother, Wm. Washburn, last week. Everett Halstead has % given notice of appeal to the supreme court in the case of Makeever vs. Halstead.

B. T. Rouse, of Gillam township, has laid out an additi >n to the town of Asphaltum. It contains thirty-nine lots. Hand saws, bucksaws, cross cut saws, and every other kind of saws you ever saw, saw at Lee’s, McOoysburg. The Halleck Telephone Go. is putting in an exchange at Mt. Ayr. It will start business with about fifty subscribers. Willie, the 16-year old son of Mr. and Mrs Chris Morganegg, of Barkley township, died last Wednesday night of pneumonia. A good kitchen wall lamp all complete with burner, wick, chimney reflector, etc., for 35 cents at Lee’s hard ware at McOoysburg.

John Kohler has moved back to Rensselaer from Chicago Heights. He has moved into the former Corner House, which he owns. Willard Court, Catholic Order of Foresters, had a public installation of officers Sunday. Rev. B. Florian Hahn addressed the gathering. Miss. Mabel Wood, of Kirksville, Mo., who has been the guest of her -parents, Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wood, has returned to Kirksville, Mo. Mrs, Gustie Dumond, of Atwood, Kans., is visiting her sisters, Mrs. Bruce White and Mr, Wm. Warren and other relatives in this county. Advertised • Letters:—August Bushong, Mr Tobias Caster, Morgan Hollindshead, Ransome Kaster, Mr. Krowitz, Elmer Hall, J. H. Martin. Dan W. Simm;, of Lafayette, has been elected chairman of the 10th congressional district by the Democrats ' Rev. Ohivington has closed bis revival at Parr. There were twelve ad ditions to the church daring the meeting. Rex Clifton, who has been working for the Postal telegraph company in Arizona and California, is visiting his mother near Parr. ■ John Duvall will carry the mail to the depot until the government lets the contract, which shoud have been done by the first of the year. Chas. F. Rhoades has accepted the position of porterin J. T. Penn’s hotel at Thorntown. His former position as clerk in Rhoades’ grocery has been taken by his brother, Ollie Rhoades.

The Indianapolis Sun says that Orumpacker is good timber for governor, and that he is the most forceful man representing Indiana in congress. The following are the new Rebecca officers for the ensuing year: N. G., Inez O. Nichols; V. G., Anna Tutuer; secretary, Ora Duvall; treasurer, Clara Strong. F. L. Hunt, after being out of business for some months, has purchased the Handley drug store at Lowell and will shortly move there with his family. Louis Zlck, of Walker township, who has been west for some time for the benefit of his health, has returned to Jasper county much Improved in health. L. A Bostwick, after a visit with his wife, has gone to Lima, 0., in the vicinity of which he is assisting in lay Ing out an "extensive system of elect rio roads. Charles W. Morris and family, of Jordan township, left on Monday for Dean, lowa, for a visit. He will locate there or at some other point in the west. The Timmons Brown sale in Jordan township last Thursday netted |I6OO. Mr. Timmons has purchased the Short feed barn al Plymouth and will shortly move there. H. J. Bartoo has returned from Champaign, 111., where he went to take a position in a printing office. The job was not to his liking and he threw it up after a week’s trial. John J. Alter, son of Lewis S. Alter, and Charles Bartee, both of Carpenter township, have been appointed to a scholarship in the agricultural department of Purdue University. Mr. and Mrs. Schuyler Robinson have returned to their studies in the school of osteopathy at Kirksville, Mo,* Thomas Robinson accompanied them there and will take treatment.

The program of the farmers’ Institute, which will be held in Rensselaer next Friday and Saturday, is published elsewhere. It promises to be the most successful institute ever held here. Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Sever, of Colfax, Washington, are the guests of their daughter, Mrs. A. S. Laßue, and family. They formerly lived in Benton county and this Is their first visit here in twenty years. John O’Connor, ofKniman, and 0., E. Earl and J. O. Marshall, of Dana, 111., were in the city Friday. The two latter gentleman were looking at Jasper county land under the guidance of Mr. O’Connor. What would you think of your grocery man if he sold you sand for sugar? What do you think of a drug gist, who offers you a substitute for the Madison Medicine Co’s. Rocky Mountain Tea. B. F. Fendig. The Odd Fellows have elected the following officers: Noble Grand, P. O. Wasson; V. G , Reuben Dickenson; secretary, A. .B. Cowgill; financial secretary, R. B. Harris; treasurer, T. W. Haus; trustee, G. W. Goff. Let us speak of a man as we find him, And censure only what we can see, Remembering that no one can be perfect, Unless he uses Rocky Mountain Tea, B. F. Fendig. .

Mrs. Belle Watson is very ill. Joseph Nagle visited in Milwaukee last week. Mrs. M. E. Thompson is visiting relatives in Battle Creek, Mioh. Mrs Arthur Fisher and Miss Goldie Harmon spent Sunday in Remington. To cure obscure diseases, renovate the system with Dr. Kay’s Renovator. Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Rhinehart, of Queen City, Mo., are visiting relatives here. Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Jones, of Louisville, are the guests of Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Laßue. & Wallace Parkison has gone‘io Ashland, Kans., where he intends to purphase land and engage in stock raising. • Mr. and Mrs, Will Murray have returned from a visit at Kingman, Kans. They are favorably impressed with the country and may decide to locate there some time in the future. Judge and Mrs. Thompson and daughter Edna returned Tuesday afternoon from a four weeks’ trip to Old Mexico, where they spent the time in sight seeing and studying the customs of the people. Ray D. Thompson has purchased of H. J. Kannal the old Milroy homestead across the river. The consideration is given as $3,000. This is the plot of ground that efforts were made to have the city purchase for a park. What you doin’neighbor? Helping Bill. What’s Bill doin' ? Helping Mandy ? What’s Mandy doin’? Helping Mother, What’s Mother doin’ ? Taking Rocky Mountain Tea. Sensible family. B. F. Fendig.

Henry A. Barnhart, editor of the Rochester Sentinel, has been honored by being appointed the democratic member of the board of trustees of the Northern Hospital for the insane at Logansport, by Governor Durbin./ Every farmer should make it a point to attend the farmers* institute Friday and Saturday. The successful farmer is the one who studies his profession and there is no better way of doing this than to hear the experiences of successful farmers related. Hotels and restaurants in a number of places have been informed that they will be violating the game law by serving quail on the basis that by so doing they are selling them. As a result there will be little incentive for landlords to break thia law. J. W. Cowden has sold his 80 acre farm, formerly the Susie Moneghan farm, to County Recorder R. B. Porter for SB4 per acre. Mr. Cowden bought it about a year ago for $74 per acre, and has disposed of It because it is not large enough to suit him. Over S6O monthly freight bill la what Lee pays. And what does that mean? It simply means that he Is selling just piles of goods for a small town. And his daily sales are increasing. Help a good thing along, when It saves you money and visit him at McOoysburg.

At the regular meeting of Albert A. Gutheridge Post No. 488 last Friday evening the past and present commander of the post, T. F. Clark, was presented with aG. A R. emblem pin by the members of the post, as a mark of their appreciation of Mr. Clark’s interest in the order. B. S. Fendig will pay the following prices for the week ending January 18th; 6 cents for old and young chicks, excent old roosters; hen turkeys, 8 cents; young gobblers, 15 and under, 7 cents per pound; ducks, 7 cents per pound; geese 0 cents per pound. These prices are fqr fat poultry and subject to any raise in the market.

Charlie Fox, the etar route mall carrier, has been awarded the contract for carrying the mails to and from the trains in Rensselaer. He will receive S3OO per year for the service. He has sublet the contract for the star route to Mr. Overton, of near Pleasant Ridge. C. C. Sigler, the Kersey merchant, has sold his farm near Kersey to Peter McDaniels, of Jordan township, for $6,000. Mr. Sigler Intends to locate in Oklahoma, where he will engage in the stock raising business, but he will still retain some of his interests at Kersey. Will T. Irelan, a former employe of the defunct People’s Pilot, but later editor of the Gillman, 111., Singal, has been appointed to a clerkship in the House of Representatives. During his absence in Washington the Signal will be In charge of Granville Trace, an employe of the Journal editor while located in Ohio. The regular quarterly session of the White.county quarterly meeting will meet with the Free Baptist church of Rensselaer Friday evening of this week. This quarterly meeting consists of the following churches: Badger, Prairie and Woods’ Chapel, of White county; Rensselaer, Vaughn, and Parr churches, of Jasper county. Saturday evening the Christian Endeavor societies of the several churches will render a special program. You are invited.