Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 January 1902 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Dally 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. Dr. Kay’s Renovator for the liver. Joe Harmon is visiting at Pontiac, Til. Judge Thompsonis in Tndianapolis on business. Hiram Day is building two bouses in Leopold’s addition. Telephone Huff for your tickets today for Sam Jones’ lecture. A daughter was born to Mr. arid Mrs. Wm. Mackey Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. B. S. Fendig were in Chicago the first of the week. James Meads of Hammond, was the guest of Miss Myra Clark Sunday. Mrs. Verlin Morris has gone to Denver., Colo., to spend the winter. Os Ritchey has three turkeys on exhibition at the Chicago poultry show. To cure obscure diseases, renovate the system with Dr. Kay’s Renovator. For a first class job of horseshoeing call on C. Hansen, the black-smith. Mrs. M. J. Berry, of Monon, is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. U. M. Baughman.

Mr. and Mrs. D. A. Stoner are acting as judges at the poultry show in Chicago. James Knight has recently built an addition to his residence in Leopold’s addition. Mrs. C. A. Roberts attended the funeral of Qus Wartena, at Hammond, yesterday. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Qeo. Hurley, of McCoysburg, last Wednesday. 0. M. Blue attended the meeting of the trustees of the state at Indianapolis Tuesday. Mrs. A. L. Brown, of Evanston, 111., was the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, Sunday. If you receive a package of garden seeds credit it to Senator Beveridge and the Journal.

Dr. Kay’s Lung Balm for coughs. For fine job work call at the JOURNAL olfice. Don’t fail to hear only Sam Jones Friday night at Ellis’ opera house, one night only. The delinquent tax list o( Lake county covers seven pages of the Crown Point Register. Peter Kessenger and son Walter departed for Wilsonville, Neb , Monday, where they will make their future home. Wm. Daniels has purchased Harrison Warren’s property north of the railroad. The consideration was $1,500. About twenty members of the W. R. C. from Rensselaer attended the funeral of Mrs. Mary Gray at Monon last Friday. J. E. Clary has purchased a 219 acre farm in Fulton county, near Rochester, at $55 per acre, and will move on it in a short time. Jesse E. Wilson arrived home from Florida Sunday, where himself and Attorney Sellers, of Monticello, hav<r spent the last three weeks Fred Granger, after serving three years in the Philippines, as corporal of the 4th U. S. regiment, has returned to his horns in D>eMotte. Gus Wartena, who died as a result of an accident at Chicago Heights last week, carried $2,000 life insurance in the order of Maccabees. Felix French has sold his 160 acre farm in Newton county to J. D. Rich for SIO,OOO, according to a Mt. Ayr item in the Kentland Enterprise. The Rathbone Sisters and their husbands were entertained by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Ilufl Monday night. A very pleasant time is reported. John Sigler, of DeMotte, and his sister,iMrs. G. W. Goff, of Rensselaer, departed for Hot Springs, Ark., Tues clay. They will remain until spring for the benefit of their health. “Hoopty Doodle” Powell is again in jail here, having been fined $lO at Kentland last week. He is also under surety of the peace bonds for SIOO, and if he fails to furnish this his stay in jail will he prolonged. Rev. C. D. Royse has been making an investigation of spiritualism for some time and in a sermon on that, subject next Sunday evening at the M. E. church will give the result of such investigations. Fred, son of Commissioner Dowell, was thrown from his pony Saturday and was injured considerably. One ankle joint was dislocated and a bone above the ankle broken. He also re ceived bruises on the face and hands.

Thos. Brusuahan’s barn, near Parr, burned Monday night, together with contents, consisting of six horses and eight cows, hay, fodder, harness, machinery and other property. The loss was $1,200 with an insurance of SSOO. Harrison Warren, who has just sold his Rensselaer property, has purchased a 73 acre farm near LaFountaine, in Wabash county, at S6B per acre. It is in the gas and oil belt and Mr. Warren thinks he has secured a bargain.

Percy A. Perry, former manager of the Crown Point football team, is now city editor of the Hammond News. Perry is one of the best news paper men in this part of the country and the News is fortunate in securing his services. Ed Ervin was taken to Indianapolis Tuesday by T. P. Clark, superintendent of the poor farm, where Mr. Ervin is now staying. He has been suffering for some time and an operation will be performed upon him if the doctors deem such operation necessary. Rensselaer has a little olind and crippled boy who is said to have a wonderful memory for dates. He can give the exact date of any important event in Rensselaer’s history during the past ten years, also the date of the death of every prominent citizen. —Monticello Democrat. We notice that the Whea field Telephone, Goodland Herald and some of our other exchanges have each recently come into possession of 1,000 shares of Texas oil stock. The stock certificates are a work of art Sd should be framed and hung in eir offices as an exhibit of fine printing. For other purposes they are valueless.

The official vote in the Ohio, Massachusetts and lowa election guessing contest in which many Journal subscribers participated, has at last been ascertained. The combined vote is 1,542,581. The names of the prize winners will be made public within a few days and a list of the prize winners will he mailed to each participant in the guessing contest. The case pf Weatherhogg vs. the Board of Commissioners of Jasper county, has been passed upon by the supreme court. There decision was in favor of Weatherhogg. The plaintiff sued the county for an alleged balance due him from the county as architect of the court house. The case was thrown out of court by Judge Palmer on demurrer. Weatherhogg appealed from his decision and the case is now sent back for trial.