Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1897 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happeniriffs Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. ■ ' ■ A - * Rev. F. L. Austin is visiting ait Argus. Mrs. Ed Harris, of Mt Ayr, is visiting Mrs. S. A. Royster. “There’s a new coon in town!” In fact a whole lot of new coons. Mesdames H. L. Brown and J. L. Brady are visiting at Chicago. Miss Laura Fielder, of Mason City, 111., is visiting her sister, Mrs. H. B. Murray. S. D. Maggert and W. S. Ryan, of Monticello, are here today on insurance business. J. A. Stebelton, of Pleasant Ridge, returned this morning from a two weeks Ohio visit. Mrs. A. Bourne after a three weeks visit with her son east of town, returned to her home at Decatur HL, today. Mrs Maggie Bower returned to Batesville this morning after a three weeks visit with her father, Rev. D. A. Tucker. Mrs. Glen F. Babson, of Seward Nebraska, after a weeks visit with her uncle W. W. Reeve, "departed for home this morning. Mrs. H. V. Weaver and son of Lowell, and Miss Christene Lundberg, of Chesterton, are visiting the family of J. E. Flynn. Harve Phillips, a former resident of Hanging Grove Tp., but now of Chicago, is visiting in Rensselaer and vicinity for a few days. Ernest Wishaid went to Indianapolis this afternoon to prepare to resume his attendance at Indiana Medical College, the first year’s course of which he has already taken. The announcement that Rev. J. C. Tbrawls would preach at the M. E. church Sunday, was prema- . ture. There will be mo services at the church Sunday morning other than the Sunday School.

James Loshbaugh, in Milroy township is about to mhke a public sale on Sept. 23. Mr. Loshbaugh is preparing to remove to California, on account of his wife’s health. Ed Davis’ minstrel and variety show company arrived on time this morning. At noon the street parade took place. It is a big company, and so far as seen at the parade, is composed entirely of colored people. The fast mail which passes south at 4:48 A. M. ran into a Michigan Central freight train at Dyer, this morning, and was about 6 hours belated. Its engine, one of the two new big ones was badly broken. Otherwise no great damage was done. ■ Rev. Musgrove, the new pastor of the Methodist Protestant church at Rose Bud, arrived Thursday, He has just been transferred from an Ohio conference. Rev. I. Nelson, whom he succeeds, goes to another district, in this conference. All persons interested in Sunday School work are requested to meet at the Christian church, Saturday at 10 A. M., to appoint committees and make other necessary preparations for the coming county Sunday- School convention. C. *W. Faris, the county president calls this meeting and is expected to be present. A man had been up for an examination in scripture, had failed utterly and the relations between him and the examiner had become somewhat strained. The latter asked him if there were any text in the whole Bible he could quote. He pondered, and then repeated: «‘And Judas went out and hanged

him’self.” “Is there any other verse you know in the Bible?” the examiner asked. “Yes. “Go thou and dbj’ likewise.’ ” There was a solemn pause, and the proceedings terminated. SATURDAY. Judge Hammond, of Lafayette, is in the city. Miss Mabel Brinley is visiting friends at Monon this week. Miss Minnie Kreugar is visiting her parents at Parr today. Mrs. G. W. Clinger, of Pulaski county, is visiting her sister Mrs. I. B. Washburn. Miss Blanche Hoyes has just had a varicose vein near her ear removed by a surgical operation. H. J. Kannal arrived home yesterday evening from a few days trip to Indianapolis and St. Louis. Mrs. J. F. Hardman who has been spending the summer at Storm Lake, lowa, arrived home today. Miss Ethel Mills, of Chicago, arrived here today to spend the winter with her sister Miss Frances Mills. Miss Milda Jackson who has been spending the summer with sister Mrs. J. H. Jessen returned to her home at Lebanon today. The street in front of the jail, which has been closed so long on account of the tunnel, was opened for passage again, this morning. The proposed big joint ditch, in Pulaski and Jasper counties, known as the Mansfield ditch, was dismissed by cur commissioners today. Mrs. Henry Gates, of Chicago, and Thomas Woodmansee, of College Springs, lowa, are visiting their sister Mrs. Dave Pritchard, north of town.

The cool wave promised for yesterday and today, by the weather bureau has failed to reach this region. Today is about as hot as any we have had this spell, and was 92 in the shade at one o’clock. Miss Ayer, a returned missionary from Burmah will talk of her experiences in that region at the First Baptist church at 10:45 A. M. Sunday, and again at the same place Sunday evening. Geo. V, Moss arrived home this afternoon, from West Superior, Wis. He will visit his mother a short time and then enter as a student the law department of Wisconsin University, at Madison, The monthly band subscriptions are being collected today, and the subscribers are'*paying as promptly and cheerfully as though it was a joy to pay out their wealth for such a popular institution as our band has grown to be. Mr. Floyd Robinson, of Rensselaer and Miss Cora Landis, of Carroll County, will be married Sunday evening, at the home of the bride’s' parents near Delphi. A reception will be given in honor of the bridal pair, Wednesday evening at the home of the groom’s brother, Charles Robinson, on Milroy street. On account of a big race at Boston held today it will be impossible for Star Pointer and Joe Patchen to go at Indianapolis earlier than Friday, September 17th, and the State Fair people have had to change their arrangements accordingly. The big race will be the feature of the Friday program. At the State Fair, next week, the Purdue Experiment Station will operate a full farm working dairy in the Dairy Building. Butter will be made, milk separated and tested, in fact everything will be seen just as it should be carried on upon the farm. This will be an interesting feature to many of our people. Rensselaer’s past and present Methodist preachers are very { prominent at the Northwest Indiana Conference, now in session at Lebanon. Of the three elective officers of the conference, two are former Rensselaer men, David Handley statistical secretary and S. B. Grimes, conference treasurer.

Rev. R. D. Utter is chairman of the committee on Education, and Rev. T. F. Drake holds a similar position on the committee on Church Extension. The city has been thoroughly billed for Lincoln J. Carter’s great scenic play, the Fast Mail, to be given at Ellis’ opera house, Monday evening. This play is the one which has made.its author one of the best known play writers in the country, and has been one Of the greatest theatrical success, for many years. People who go to this play, can be sure of seeing a first class play put on in first class shape. Ed. Davis’ colored minstrel show had a very large audience at the opera house, last evening. It is a big company and makes a big blow, both by bills and street parades, but in point of merit it is what, in the usual theater parlance is called a “rotten” show. The colored performers "are for the most part a lot of cheap and ignorant people, who have little training and less natural aptitude for the theatrical profession. The performance they put up is uncouth, common and coarse, without being indecent or immoral. The Japanese troupe was all right and their part of the performance was very well rendered. David H. Yeoman, trustee of Union Tp., who having removed to Rensselaer and thus became ineligible to hold the office, handed in his written resignation of the same, to the county commissioners, yesterday afternoon. The resignation will take effect today. As the resignation is made during the session of the commissioners’ court it will be their duty to appoint Mr. Yeoman’s successor. Otherwise the county auditor would make the appointment. Mr. Yeoman is a Populist but his successor will doubtless be a Republican. In fact the only applicants for the appointment are Republicans. They are B. D. Comer and A. E. Pierson, both of whose friends have been quite active in their behalf. Both are good men, and either would make a good trustee. Whoever is appointed will find that Mr. Yeoman has left the affairs of the township in excellent shape.

MONDAY. M. F. Chilcote visited in Chicago over Sunday. Miss Jessie Hulce, of Peru, is visiting her sister Mrs. Irving Miller. Henry Fisher and granddaughter are visiting relatives at Indianapolis today. Mrs. C. W. Hershman is buying millinery goods at Indianapolis this week. Mrs. John Durham, of Bedford, spent Sunday with Dr. and Mrs. E. C. English. Misses Ruth and Della Russel and George Taber, of Remington, visited here yesterday. Mrs. Henry I- Adams and sons Sanford and Lenord are visiting at Indianapolis this week. Mr. and Mrs. Al Hoover returned home Saturday after a two weeks visit in Boone, county. Ted McGinnis and Miss Jesse MeMan, of Chicago, are visiting Miss Mary Kohler this week. Mrs. Lee Catt and Mr. and Mrs. John Ulrey of Jordan Tp., are visiting at Indianapolis this week. Mrs. B. St. John, of Chicago, returned home Saturday after a few days visit with Miss Mae Cripps. Archie Imes who has been in the west for several months, is here visiting his father for a few days. A child of John Platt, three miles west of town is sick with brain trouble and not expected to live. Mrs. J. M. Cateron returned to her home at Lafayette today after a month’s visit with Mr|h J. W. Duval. The clouds of dust, thick enough at times to cut with a knife, are pretty good arguments in favor of waterworks.

A thirteen year old son of John Summers, in the southeast part of Marion Tp., has a severe case of typhoid fever. Prof. Fritz, musical director of the Citizen’s Band of this place played with the Tipton Band at Lafayette yesterday. Mrs. E. A. McFarland and children of Flora, Ind., are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Robert Randle and other relatives here for a few weeks. John B. Ellis, of Loco, Carrol county, visited his son J. H. S. over Sunday, and took his little grandson Jim home with him for a few days visit. Rev. Musgrove, the new pastor of Rose Bud M. P. church has had the interesting experience of being a missionary in India, in which work he was engaged for four years. D. G. Warner and wife, Charles Robinson and wife and Mrs. Geo. Robiuson and son Lewis, attended the wedding of Floyd Robinson and Miss Cora Landis at Delphi, yesterdhy. B. S. Fendig made a big shipment of scrap iron Saturday. There was 120,000 pounds in the shipment, or 60 tons. It made three car loads. In Hendricks County, which has not had a licensed saloon for 40 years, the commissioners have just issued licenses to three applicants. There was no opposition made to the applications.

Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Flynn left Sunday night, for an absence of several days. The former to attend his regimental reunion at Indianapolis, and the latter to visit relatives at Shelbyville. The town is full of waterworks men again. The city council were to hold a special meeting to confer with them, this p. M. and will probably devote considerable time to the waterworks question at their regular meeting tonight. Mr. Henry F. Caufman, an employe of Harry Wade’s barber shop, and Miss Ida May Burns, were married Sunday, at 8:30 P. M., at the residence of the bride’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Burns. The ceremony was performed by Rev. D. A. Tucker. Sunday was surely the hotest September 12th on record in this locality. At two o’clock the thermometer stood at 98 in the shade, and some observers reported even higher than the 100 degree mark. At 5 o’clock this morning the temperature was 38 degrees lower than it was 15 hours before. As County Commissioner Halleck and wife were riding Sunday night the coupling broke and let the front end of their buggy fall down. They were both considerably bruised, and Mr. Halleck bears evidence of the force of his fall in a badly battered nose.

The concert at the M. E. church last Saturday evening, under the management of the Epworth League was a grand success. The Johnson family, consisting of five children two of them twins, and ranging in age from eight to fifteen, entertained the crowd so well, that encores were clamorous and numerous. The entertainment consisted chiefly of music, vocal and instrumental, and such was the versatility and ready skill of each little performer, that they played with perfect ease on the numerous and different instruments they carried, often changing with each other in the midst of any performance, as occasion demanded. The vocal parts of the programme, were the popular songs of the day, acted out with spirit as they sang them, either in soloes or together, and the charming quality of their sweet young voices, unspoiled by affectation, and the freshness of thAr pretty faces, added to their natural acting of the thought in their songs, with entire absence of self consciousness, delighted the audience beyond describing. Of course the fact of their youth added much to the interest taken in them, it being very unusual for so young performers to ably entertain a large audience, an entire evening.