Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1902 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the Prairie City.' TIMELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Run and Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes Mrs. Bert Amsler is visiting in Fowler. Mr. and Mrs. Elzie Grow spent Sunday at Wheatfield. Isaac Parsons, of Monon, attended coart here Monday. The Goodland county seat election will be held June 7th. The Democratic judicial convention will be held at Brook May 15th. Miss Clara Parker has been visiting her brother Oren in Chicago. Miss Edna Watson, of Goodland, is the guest of Mrs. George Barcus. The school enumeration of the different townships is being tafcen. >C. E. Mills was able to get down town Monday after his long sickness Mrs. Chas. WArner, of Sheldon, 111., is the guest of her mother, Mrs. J. T. Randle. A stock company has been formed at Hammond to build a $55,000 opera house. It is economy to trade any day except Saturday at the Chicago Bargain Store. Rev. Carpenter, of Goodland, filled the pulpit of the Missionary Baptist church Sunday. See the new Gibson tailor made gowns and shirt waists at the 1 Chicago Bargain Store. Frank Hardy’ has gone to Woodward, Okla., where he will have charge of a dry goods store. 50,000 dozen eggs wanted with in 30 days. Chicago Bargain Store. This paper and The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean $1.40 for one year. “Special deal.” Rev. C. D. Royse attended the Ministerial Association meeting at Indianapolis this week. Mrs. Luther Ponsler, and her mother, of Kansas, are the guests of L. Strong and family. Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth, mother and daughter have returned from the Indiana Mineral Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Vanatta, of Fowler, are the guests of Mrs. Vanatta’s father, Simon Phillips. Rev. Ed Meads is now in Chicago attending the Moody Institute. He will preach at the usual place each Sunday. For real value in high grade shoes for men, women and children, buy the Pingree and Smith make. I. J. Porter & Co., Agents. Mrs. G. K. Hollingsworth and Mrs. Rachel Work attended the Women’s Presbyterian meeting at Brookston this week. The great special Easter sale. Prices will continue all through April, at the Chicago Bargain Store. Blaine Gwin and John Hayes, who started for Idaho on a prospecting trip, are now in California, and are delighted with the country. Mrs. Mary Drake is representing the local Catholic Order of Foresters as a delegate at the convention of the order at Chicago this week, More carpets sold since January Ist than any other two whole years together. Prices talk. Chicago Bargain Store. Advertised letters: Bessie Hrick, T. W. Murray, Miss Alma Stiers, Mrs’ Maggie Smith, Mr. Fredrich Shariak, Mr. Evert Burns. A. O. Anderson, who recently moved from Tennessee to North Dakota, has located near Rutlen, Ramsey county, he orders his Journal sent. Mrs. Louella Phillips is making extensive improvements to her residence on Weston street, which, when completed, will make her a modern dwelling house.

Miss Addie Clark, of Monticello, is the guest ot friends here. A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. Werner Miller, south of town, Sunday. B. S. Fendig was at Wheatfield and Kersey this week loading iron for shipment. Mrs. J. W. Williams is visiting her daughter, Mrs. C. W. Porter, in Delphi. ' Miss Kate Collins has returned home from Indianapolis, where she has been studying music. Before buying carpets inspect the large and well selected line at I. J. Porter & Co’s. Lafayette make. Ward H. Watson, of Clark county, Republican candidate for attorney general, was in the city Tuesday. Our poplar has come in and we have anything you want in that line. Donnelly Lumber Co. A. F. Knptts was nominated for mayor of Hammond, by the Republi cans last Saturday at a primary election. Miss Emma Tabor, of Iroquois, 111., a lady barber, was in this vicinity Saturday looking for a location for |a shop. Spring time is the time to use Rocky Mountain Tea. Keeps yon well all summer. Great spring renewer. 35 cents. B. F. Fendig Horace Marble, of Wheatfield, has invested in Louisiana pine and cypress timber land to the extent of 2,800 acres.

Isadore and Paul Hoover, of Pulaski county, were the guests of their brother and cousin, J. H Hoover, last week. Prof. I. C. Reubelt and family, of Perryville, are here to spend the summer vacation. Mr. Reubelt will sell encyclopedias during vacation.

Cards have been issued for the marriage of Mr. Bert Goff and Miss Zoe Adams. The event will take place next Tuesday evening. Mrs. I. N. Warren and children returned to their home at South Bend Sunday. Miss Maude Irwin accompanied them home for a short visit. Wanted: Manager for new branch of our business here in Rensselaer, Ind. Address at once, with references, Alford Morris, Wholesaler, Cincinnati, Ohio. Miss Julia Honan and Mrs. M. A. Ryan, of Delphi, were here to attend the twentieth wedding anniversary celebration of Mr. and Mrs. E. P Honan. Lime, hair, brick and cement in stock at all times and at lowest prices. From foundation to roof we can furnish anything in building material. Donnelly Lumber Co. Makes children eat, sleep and grow. Makes mother strong and vigorous. Makes a healthy family. That’s what Rocky Mountain Tea does. 35 cts. B. F. Fendig. The Jasper County Telephone company has run a new line north of town taking in the farms of William and Mason Kenton, Amos H. and John E. Alter, B. D. Comer and others. We have a little more than a car load of lumber. We’ve got the best to be bad and we’ve also got cheaper grades for those that want them. Donnelly Lumber Co. There will be a temperance institute at the M. E. Church this afternoon at 2 o’clock and also in the evening, also on Friday, conducted by Alice Ruth Palmer, of Franklin. A good attendance is desired. I. J. Porter & Co. have a fine line of carpets, matting, rugs, art square rugs, lace curtains and numerous other articles that you will need to make your home pleasant and attractive. If not, why not, try a new spring men’s or boys’ Sterling brand suit equal to tailor made at one-half less in price, at the Chicago Bargain Store. The Monon has a force of men at work improving their road bed through town, by putting in new ties and steel. Nineteen miles of new steel will be laid between Monon and 1 Parr.

-- '■ ' 2J?,„ , —J Last Friday the Monon directors declared a semi-annual dividend of 2 per cent on preferred stock and 1 per cent on common stock. The dividend is declared out of the surplus earnings. Ross Grant has changed his headquarters from South Bend to Rensselaer and will make his headquarters in Rensselaer this summer. Mrs. Grant is now here and Ross will spend his Sundays here. An Indianapolis man says that con-, sumption may be cured by inhaleing the fumes from the hoof of a horse while a blacksmith is fitting a hot shoe upon it. • The sufferer must get up close and actually breathe the fumes into the lungs. We are not making much noise about our complete stock of new Pittsburg wall papers. Prices and patterns do the advertising. Chicago Bargain Store. We give you news of town and county, and give it to you good, while The Chicago Weekly Inter Oceac prints the telegraphic news of America and the cabled happenings of all the world. $1.40 for both papers per year. Forty cars of lumber bought since December, 1901. That’s our record. Come out and see us and we’ll convince you that we have the largest stock ever in this city, and that we are doing some business. Donnelly Lumber Co.

The most complete line of ladies’ all new tailor made suits, jackets, skirts, shirt waists, misses’ and children’s fancy wash suits ever shown in town at the Chicago Bargain Store. M r. Abraham Leopold, of Rensselaer, who was a delegate to the A. 0. U. W. meeting in this city this week, returned home yesterday, but not before remarking that this was the prettiest little city he had ever had the pleasure of visiting.—Shelbyville Republican. Senator Bailey’s speech in favor of oleomargarine restriction elicited the following from Senator Depew: “I have never heard an effort in this chamber which has so effected my imagination, has so fired my fancy and has had so little influence on my judgment.” The Jasper cpunty Sunday School convention will be held in the various churches of Rensselaer, April 27 and 28. Each Sunday school in the county is requested to send two or more delegates. • State Secretary Carmen will be prdbent. Programs will be sent, upon application, by Secretary County S. S. Assn., Rensselaer, Ind. Anyone with half an eye can see who is doing the business by watching the wagon loads of dry goods, carpets, clothing, shoes, groceries, wire, etc., hauled away from the Chicago Bargain Store. Judge Thompson has appointed John Hudson, of Carpenter township, Republican, and Joe Hixon, of Kniman, Democrat, members of the county board of tax reviewers. The other members are the county assessor, auditor and treasurer by virtue of their offices. Governor Durbin has issued a proc lamation declaring May 15 as a general holiday, that being the date of the dedication of the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument. He asks for a general cessation of business and for the display of flags on public and private buildings. General John W. Foster, former secretary of state, has been secured as the dedication orator. A new scheme to swindle the farmer is coming this way from northern Ohio. A man comes along and offers to sell the right for a new fangled wagon tongue. If the farmer does not bite readily the tongue is left with him. A confederate then comes along and gets struck on the pattern and offers S4OO for it. The farmer sends $250 to man No. 1 for the right and the job is done.