Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 March 1896 — ADDITIONAL LOCALS. [ARTICLE]

ADDITIONAL LOCALS.

The revival meetings at the M. E* church closed last Sunday evening. They resulted in 30 additions to the church membership. f New hats, Spring bats, at Mrs. Imes. The reported drowning of Fred Lang, formerly of Wheatfleld Tp., in Lake Michigan, at Chicago, Feb. 19th has been confirmed* He was dumping a load of dirt m the lake, and his horses became frightened and dragged him in. Hia body has not been recovered. He was nearly 56 years old, and leaves a widow and four grown children. Mrs. L. M. Imes has just retained from Chicago with an immense stock of new millinery goods. is more to follow. The cqunty commissioners are now investigating different qualities of stone, to determine what to use in the new court house. In our judgement, they will make » great mislake if they positively require any one kind of store to be used. They should select several good varieties and let contractors specify in' their bids which one they are bidding on. If they are tied up beforehand to one particular stone, then proposed bidders will be largely at the mercy of the mercy of the owners of that stone, and of the local lobbyists who are legging for said stone owners. There are many good varieties of building stone, and we are satisfied that if some latitude of choice is given to bidders, that it will make many thousands of dollars difference in the contract price of the building. Dr. V. E. Loughridge, one of Rensselaer’s leading physicians, is now very dangerously sick, from a disease, or complication of diseases, which have developed since last Saturday. His principal disease, as diagnosed by our local physicians and confirmed by Dr. Morgan, of Chicago Medical College, who visited him Monday night, is Endarteritis, or inflamation of the lining of the arteries. It is a very rare, painful and dangerous disease, usually or always in the legs, and generally results in the apparent death and mortification of the limb affected. Dr. Morgan stated that in all his hospital practice, he had only seen two or three case,s and in these life was saved only by the amputation of the limb. In Dr. Longhride’s case, it was Dr. Morgan’s opinion that amputation would probably be found necessary, bnt from the results of an analysis made after returning to Chicago, he has informed the resident physicians that the general condition of the patient is such that amputation is not to be thought of at present. Besides the above mentioned, Dr. Laughridge is suffering from inflamation of the kidneys. No one but physicians and attendants are allowed to see him.