Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1903 — THINGS 111 GENERAL! [ARTICLE]

THINGS 111 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 Remnant sale this week at Murray’s store. Miss Unia Robinson was home from Indianapolis Sunday. James Norrie and family spent Sunday in Hammond. Special 10 per cent off on all kinds of shoes at Murray’s, Roy Parker, of Chicago, visited friends here Sunday. Wall paper and house paints at Lee and Poole’s, McCoysburg. John Fox, of Lafayette, visited with friends here Sunday. Miss Jessie Adams, of Monon, is the guest of Miss Edna Dillon. Miss Sadie Ellis, of Monticello, is visiting relatives here. Wm. Darroch, of Kentland, attended court here Tuesday. Miss Tillie Fendig was home from Delphi to spend Sunday. Vern Jacks is learning the barber trade at Ben Preble’s shop. Miss Manda Hoyes was home from Monticello to spend Sunday. Glen Wishard, of Chicago, spent Sunday with his parents here. A. Leopold has been confined to his home by sickness this week.

Dr. and Mrs. H. J. Kannal arrived home from Cincinnati Monday. The First National Bank of Rensselaer opened for business Monday. J. C. Frazee departed for his new home in Miami county Monday. Ed Warren arrived home from Kansas last Wednesday evening. Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Weaver, of Shelby, has returned to Rensselaer. Contractor Smith resumed work on the Makemself ditch sewer Tuesday. The public sale season has opened. Get your sale bills of the Journal. A full line of the famous Devoe paints, at Lee & Poole’s McOoysburg, Ind. Mrs. Mildred Powell, of Valparaiso, is visiting her daughter, Mrs. 0. G. Spitler. The township trustees were in town Monday drawing their share of the dog funds. This paper and The Chicago Weekly Inter Ocean f 1.40 for one year. “Special deal.”

Harley Iliff, of Jordan township, has moved to the Big Horn Basin, in Wyoming. Try Murray’s store for shoes. You can save money and get the best wearing goods made. Mrs. W. O. Florence and children departed for their new home in Missouri Monday. F. M. Norman has bought ten acres of the former Owens place on the north side of town. J. H. Cox solicits your laundry trade. Call up phone 351 and your bundle will be called for.

Special remnant sale of all kinds of piece goods, calicoes, muslins, dress goods, etc., at Murray’s stpre. E. L. Hollingsworth has been ap pointed by the court administrator of the estate of the late Albert Bertrand. Dr. C. V. Jones was taken to Long Cliff asylum last Friday, where it is hoped he will soon regain his reason. There are nearly 300 saloons in Lake county, which pay nearly |30,000 license into the county treasury each year. Commissioner Halleck is now a resident of Rensselaer, having moved into the Thornton property on College Avenue. • Mrs. Byron Sayler was operated upon at a hospital in Englewood last Thursday. . A 10-pound tumor was removed.

The militia company will produce the play, “The Spy of Gettysburg” at the opera house Friday and Saturday evening. James Rush has moved here from Monon and taken possession of the Jones bus line, which he recently purchased. Steve Warren, of Omaha, Neb., after an absence of twelve years from Rensselaer, is visiting friends and relatives here. Taylor McCoy has retured to Annapolis, Md., to prepare himself for the final examination to the U. S. naval academy. The book makers are offering odds of3oo to lon Jack Orr, Frank O’Mera’s horse, which is entered for the American derby.

Judge Hanley on Monday appointed Dr. J. Jones, of Medaryville, guardian of Dr. O. V. Jones, who was sent to the asylum last week. The bill compelling township trustees to publish their reports in full has passed both houses and been signed by the governor. Non-trust goods always save you money. We can save you money on a non-trust binder this year. Lee & Poole, McOoysburg, Ind. Warner Bros, are now located in their new room and the room vacated by them is being put in shape for W. O. Milliron’s lunch room. Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Washburn returned home from Florida, Friday. D. H. Yeoman and family are expected home in a few days. It is rumored that the Odd Fellows will erect a two-story brick building on their lot on Byron street this summer.—Wheatfield Telephone. We desire to call attention to the statement of the John Hancock Life Insurance Co. in this issue of the Journal. J. F. Hardman is the local agent.

Wm. Kenton and family and Mr. and Mrs. George R. Keever departed for their homes near Mitchell, South Dakota, Monday. There were ten in the party. Puts roses in her saucy cheeks, Makes her eyes grow bright with fun, Makes months seem like weeks; That’s what Rocky Mountain Tea has done. The rummage sale given by the ladies of the Methodist church last Friday and Saturday was very successful. The amount cleared was over a hundred dollars.

Makes mother eat, makes father eat, makes grandma eat, makes grandpa eat, makes the children eat. Rocky Mountain Tea does it. A great spring tonic. 35 cents. B. F. Fendig. Great spring tonic. Drives out all impurities. Makes the blood rich. Fills you with warm, tingling life. A spring blessing is Rocky Mountain Tea. 35 cents. B. F. Fendig. Oliver Hammerton, who has been teaching school at Fair Oaks, has been given a position in the railway mail service. Clyde Reeve, of Rensselaer, will teach the balance of his term at Fair Oaks.

Judge Hanley Saturday granted a restraining order against the auditor of Newton county to prevent him from selling the construction of the Tolan ditch. The order holds good until March 12th. Rhoades sold his cook stove Tuesday morning to George Hopkins. The price was originally $24, but the price was reduced 25 cents each day until it reached sl7 50 when it was taken by Mr. Hopkins. Miss Bertha Sanford, the lady evangelist, is now conducting the revival at the M. E. church and is attracting large audiences. The meetings are held both afternoon and evening and will continue two weeks. “The Spy of Gettsburg” will be produced here Friday and Saturday | evening under the auspices of the I militia company. Capt. R. C. Golliday, of Illinois, is here drilling the cast, which is an exceptionally strong I one. Admission 25 and 35 cents.

The Goodland schools were closed last week on account of diphtheria, but opened again Monday of this week. Miss Ethel Perkins, of Rensselaer, Is one of the teachers and she spent the week at home here. Mr. and Mrs. Orla Finney returned from Elwood last week, where they have been located for some time. They will move to Rose Lawn, where Mr. Finney will have the management of Laßue’s big general store. Harrison Warren departed for his new home near Peru, Monday. He was accompanied by his son-in-law, Grant Tyler and family, who will make their home in Peru, where Mr. Tyler will work at the carpenter trade. Earnest Koss, of White county, and Miss Laura Danohoe, of Remington, were united in marriage by Judge Hanley, in the court house, last Saturday afternoon. The Judge is getting to be quite proficient in solemnizing marriages.

A small pill, easy to buy, easy to take and easy to act, but never failing in results. DeWitt’s Little Early Risers arouse the secretions and act as a tonic to the liver, curing permanently. Long’s Drug Store. The best pill ’neath the stars and stripes; It cleanses the system and never gripes. Little Early Risers of wordly repute— Ask for DeWitt’s and take no substitute. Explorer Peary is anxious to make another north pole expedition and is looking for a capitalist to back him to the extent of $250,000. In view of the recent cold snap some people think the the less direct communication there is with the pole the better.

In its write-up of the Indiana Fanciers’ Association meeting at Indianapolis the Marion County Mail says: “In the turkey class O. K. Ritchey of Rensselaer, was strictly in it. Three first, one second, two thirds, two fourths and one fifth premium—nine premiums in all—enough to make any man happy. Mr. Ritchey does not sell eggs for hatching, but raises stock sos sale.” Mr. Ord Yeoman, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. K. Yeoman, of southeast of town, and Miss Clara Murray were united in marriage at the home of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Murray, in Rensselaer, last Sunday evening. Rev. Clarence D. Royse, pastor of the M. E. church, officiated. Only the families of the contracting parties and a few friends were present. Mr. and Mrs. Yeoman will make their home in Rensselaer.