Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1902 — THINGS IN GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS IN GENERAL!

Daily Happenings Around the Prairie City. TfIHELY TOPICS TERSELY TOLD! News Items Caught on the Run and ft Served While Warm Without Trimmings or Embellishment. Local and Personal Notes Prank Alter is visiting in Delphi. Take your eggs to Murray’s store. For fine job work call at the JOURNAL office. Mrs. G. W. Goff is visiting in Het>ron. Ernest Fritts, of Delphi, is visiting his wife here. Hallie Flynn, of Chicago, is visiting his parents here. George Mitchell, of Remington, is visiting friends here. Grant Warner was at Crawfordsville Monday on business. The Flora Enterprise and Sentinel have been consolidated. The seventeen year locusts have appeared in Carroll county. Mrs. Charles Rhoades and children are visiting in Goodland. Mrs. J. B. Martindale is visiting her parents at Terre Haute. Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Yeoman have been visiting at Trafalger. Parr is making preparations to celebrate the Fourth in grand style. W. D. Robinson, of Hammond, was visiting retatives here this week. The county board of review will meet in Rensselaer next Monday. Mr. and Mrs. J. Clark and Mrs. Henry Amsler are visiting in Oxford. Wanted—2s boys to pull weeds in onion fields. Alf Donnelly.

Mrs. F. C. Lagen and children are visiting with her parents at Marenzo, HI. Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Dayton returned to their home in Chicago Monday. Ed and Emory Mills are home from Purdue Lniversity for the summer vacation. Mrs. Hugh Lowe, of Monon, is the guest of her mother, Mrs. W. W. Bussell. This paper and The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean $1.40 for one year. “Special deal.” Trees that will grow are the kind that S. E. Yeoman sells. Give him your order. The Barkley township Republicans will nominate a township ticket next Saturday.

Mrs. M. S. Brown and her son Fred and daughter Grace have returned to Danville, 111. Miss Edith Marshall, who has been teaching at Elkhart, is home for the summer vacation. Miss Lizzie Herath, of Goodland, is the guest of Misses Jean McFarland and Zulu Hopkins. Harve Robinson went to Bloomington Sunday for a visit with Mr. and Mrs. Robert Johnson. Mr. and Mrs W. V. Porter attended the commencement of the Highland Park Military Academy. S. E. Yeoman represents one of the best nurseries in the country. Give him your order. Until June 20, you can get a keg of nails free with your building bill at Lee’s, at McCoysburg. Misses Emma and Myrtle Tullis are attending the summer term of the normal school at Marion. Rush & Warren have been awarded the contract for the Catholic parochial school building at $4,523.32. The buildings of Brook Terra Cotta and Brick Worts collapsed Saturday, entailing a loss of SIO,OOO. Mies Mable Cooper, the music teacher in the public schools, has gone to her home at Pontiac, Mich. Mr. and Mrs. G. H. Maines were called to Ottawa, 111., Monday by the death of Mr. Maines’ sister. Benjamin Sharp, of Wheatfleld township, was taken to Longcliff asylum at Logansport Monday. The Ladies of the G. A. R. will give their annual picnic to the old soldiers at Ben Sayler’s this afternoon.

Miss Kate Marshall is visiting her sister Bell at Madison, Wis, Rufus B. Knox, of this year’s graduating class, has entered the employ of A. McCoy & Co.’s bank as bookkeeper. Simon Leopold is preparing to move to Shelbyville, where he has secured a position as manager of a large store. Lyman Zea had a set-to with his son Herbert one day last week and received a discoloqpd eye in the mix-up. B. Forsythe returned from New Philadelphia, 0., last week. Mrs. Forsythe will arrive home this evening. Harold Clark, who has been attending school at Indianapolis for the past nine months, is home for the summer vacation. Frank Wolfe, of Michigan City, joined his wife here Saturday and together they returned home the same afternoon. Mrs. Sylvester Gray attended the golden wedding of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George Mustard, at Goodland, Saturday. Something special? Sure thing. The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean and this paper $1.40 for one year. Ask us what it means. John Walker, the court reporter, is thinking of teaching a class in shorthand here this summer if he can secure enough scholars.

For Sale—Four good milch cows, one with calf and others fresh. Inquire of N. Matheson, one-fourth mile northwest of Lee, Ind. 3 t. Rev. T. A. Hall, pastor of the Chris tlan church, preached to the members of the military company Sunday morning. The members attended in a body. Hon J. Frank Hanley, of Lafayette, was in the city yesterday on his way to the commencement at Remington, at which he was the principal speaker. If you want nursery stock that will grow, give your order to S. E. Yeoman, who is now taking orders for fall delivery. All stock guaranteed. The game of base ball between Lowell and St. Joseph’s last Friday afternoon at Riverside Park resulted in a victory for the college team by a score of 5 to 4. Miss Ella Ritchey and Miss Elsie Watson left on Sunday for a two months’ western trip. They will visit in Colorado and in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Cal. Glenn Wishard, of this year’s graduating class, went to Chicago Monday to accept a position with the Illinois Steel Co. Later he will continue his studies at some college. “This paper,” says a Western exchange, “has a sworn circulation of three copies; one for the files at this office, one for the court house and one for general circulation.”

Remember, Griswold’s mammoth Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company stay only one night and give only one complete performance, commencing at 8 p. m. on Monday, June 16. The Pullman dining and sleeping car in which Griswold’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company travel is one of the finest cars over built by the Pullman Car Company at a cost of $25,000. Tell us why a druggist offers you a substitute for the Madison Medicine Go’s Rocky Mountain Tea. Does he love you or is he after the bigger profit? Think it over. B. F. Fendig. Arthur Tutuer, one of this years’ graduates, will enter the Michigan Law School, at Ann Arbor, Mich., in the fall. He will work in a Chicago book store until the school opens.

A country town has a wonderful lot of petty jealousies. Harry Zimmerman, who has been at the West Baden springs taking treatment for stomach trouble, returned home Monday. He was considerably benefltted by the treatment. John Rossbacker and John Lang, of Kendall ville, were here to attend the annual commencement of the public schools. While here they were the guests of Mr. Rossbacker’s sister, Mrs. John Eger. 75c, 90c, and $1.50 represents the prices of our plain, medium and fancy screen doors. Also have screen frames, for any window, and any width wire screening for same. W. R. Lee, McCoysburg. Laporte has a squirrel colony in its midst. It consists of 16 squirrels which started from a pair placed there by D. L. Wadsworth a year ago. The city council has passed an ordinance for their protection. The new German Lutheran church in Union township will be dedicated next Sunday, by Rev. A. Bauer, of Goodland, and Rev. Ernest Lindhoff, of Reynolds. All are invited to attend with well filled baskets. The Juniors gave a reception to the Seniors last Friday evening at the residence of Dr. and Mrs. E. 0. English. About 200 were present. The evening was spent in social enjoyments. Refreshments were served. To destroy the germs of disease in your blood use Radam’s Microbe Killer. Sold only by A. F. Long and B. F. Fendig. “Well bought is half sold.” If we cannot buy an article so we can sell as low as the lowest, you will not find us handling it. Yet, we handle everything. W. R. Lee, Hardware and Lumber, McCoysburg. You’ve got to hustle all the time to keep in the swim. If you are slipping down the ladder of prosperity, take Rocky Mountain Tea. Makes people strenuous. B. F. Fendig. The Monon section men at Lafayette have been on a strike since last Friday. The men have been receiving $1.25 per day and ask for $1.40. Tne strikers have been paid off and orders issued to hire new men at the old wages. Griswold’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin Company carry one of the finest bands on the road playing all of the standard and popular music of the day, under the leadership of George F. Lille. All lovers of music should not fail to hear them. Everything up to date. W. F. Smith was awarded the contract for excavating the basement of the proposed new K. of P. building and now has a force at work removing the dirt. The basement will be under the entire building and will extend under the sidewalks on the south and west sides of the building. The only seventeen year locust we have yet heard of in Jasper county was brought in town by a farmer last week. He had it on exhibition in a bottle and it attracted considerable attention. In many bounties of the. state they have appeared in great numbers. The storm at Lafayette Saturday destroyed the roof of the Monon freight house at Salem street. The wind lifted the great covering of the big warehouse and carried it through the air to a distance of 100 feet, scattering the pieces along the street. As everyone had sought shelter from the storm no one was hurt. Squire Bussel, of Hanging Grove township, lost a valuable three year old mare Monday evening. He was driving to town, and when near the stock farm, the mare dropped to the ground dead. It was seemingly in good health up to the time of its death, which is attributed to heart trouble. The Monon has purchased eighty acres of land near Hammond and will locate yards there. The yards are now located in Chicago but the Monon desires to do away with the track elevation in Chicago and will establish yards at Hammond. A new round house will probably be built at the same point.