Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 8, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 October 1897 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings v —— Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. William Powers are at Delphi on an extended-visit. Mrs. M. E. Bentley, of Lafayette, visited Miss Viola Glazebrook, yesterday. Miss Tillie Malchow left today for Francesville for a visit and to take in the street fair. Mr. and Mrs. Ancil Snodgrass, of Newport, Ind., are visiting Mr. and Mrs, J. EL Fishel. C. C. Starr and daughter Floss, after a few days visit at Lafayette returned home this morning. Mrs. S, A. Royster w«s called to Pine Village, Warren, Co., today by the serious sickness of her mother.

J. W. King and Frank Henkle have gone to Francesville street fair, today, to work their “striking machine”. Mrs. M. A. Spencer, of Brooklyn, lowa, arrived here today and will visit her sister Mrs. D. E. Hollistei a few weeks. Jacob Wright returned to Indianapolis today, where he will enter upon his school duties in the Deaf and Dumb institute. Rev. H. M. Middleton’s family joined him here Monday afternoon. They will reside in Matt WordeirVrrew house on Van Rensselaer street. Mrs. Frank Cotton after a few weeks visit with the family of Wm. Cotton/ departed for her home at Criple Creek, Colorado, this morning. The case of Abram Warne vs. Hollingsworth came up for trial at Monticello yesterday, on change of venue, but was thrown out of court before the trial begun.

The tile floors in the court house are all down now on the second floor and nearly so on the first. The work of laying the maple flooring is also in progress, having begun this morning. A new bb cornetist put in his appearance at John Healy’s house last Friday, and Mr. Healy is so well pleased with his performances that he is already thinking of an encore. Among those from abroad present at the funeral of Mrs. James Grant, this forenoon, were three brothers, Willis, Henley, and L. C. James, of Huntington Co. Also her step-son T. W. Grant of Rose Lawn. Rev. J. C. Rhodes, a former popular pastor of the Missionary Baptist church, but now located at Kingsbury, in LaPorte County, preached an able sermon at the church last night, and will continue the meetings for at least two nights longer.

In the absence of other work for convicts in the prison north, Warden Harley offers a project to drain 15,000 acres of swamp land in the vicinity of the prison. He suggests that the prison lease about 1,000 acres of land by way of experiment, the improvements thereon to pay for the lease. Several hundred men could be put to work draining it and making it ready for cultivation next year. Once drained there is no better land. He would then cultivate by aid of convict labor, potatoes, cabbage, onions and other vegetables used by the benevolent and penal institutions of the state. The evidence before the grand jury at Danville, in connection with the Noah Baney and Rev. Hinshaw matters, has been made public, on account of the great general interest in the case. Baney, the author of the fake confession, swore that he was promised $2,000

if he would get Hinshaw released. He also said he expected to get his own time of imprisonment shortened by the fake. And in fact he did thereby, save to himself six months good time which he had really forfeited by an attempt to escape. He said Hinshaw furnished him a diagram'of his, Hinshaw’s house, and otherwise posted Baney before the/latter made his trip to Belleville and showed such remarkable knowledge of the surroundings. Hinshaw was compelled to admit making the diagram for Baney and was also caught in a flat-footed lie, either on the witness stand or to the prison physician. The whole incident has greatly strengthened the popular belief in Hinshaw’s guilt. Manager Ellis secured another popular triumph when he booked Old Farmer Hopkins for his opera house, last night. The play is thrillingly interesting, and en-

tensely amusing but thoroughly clean and high toned. Frank Davidson is one of the greatest comedians ever seen in our city, and his snpport is every way worthy, The bills promise a “laugh in every line,” and the promise was .practically fulfilled. There was lots of good singing scattered through the performance; while for dancing, Old Farmer Hopkins was right in it. The scenery also is elaborate and very fine. There was a very large audience and every member of which evidently felt that he had got his money’s worth of entertainment and a good deal more. If Old Farmer Hopkins Davidson ever blunders back this way again he can be sure of a big house, and an enthusiastic reception.

WEDNESDAY. House to rent. Wm. Cotton. Mrs. A. M. Stockton is visiting at Lafayette. J. H. S. Ellis is in Chicago on business today. W. W. Wishard is in Mt. Ayr on business today. C. W. Hanley was in Kentland on business yesterday. Mrs. Lottie George is suffering from a badly sprained ankle. Miss Emma L. Mackey has been quite sick for several weeks. Mrs. Cyrus Haas is recovering from her late very dangerous sick-

ness. Gus Grant is attending the street fair at Francesville this week. Scott Vice’s little daughter, who was very dangerously sick with peritonitis, has recovered. Miss Violet McKnight after a two weeks visit with Miss Mary Meyer returned to Chicago yesterday. The Rensselaer boys met at the city hall last night and organized a foot ball club for the coming season. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Purcupile, of New York City are visiting relatives and friends in Rensselaer this week. The mayor and four members of the city council are in Chicago today, on waterworks business. Engineer Rooney is also with them.

The town of Hobart, in Porter Co., is badly afflicted with diphtheria. Several children have died and a number more are sick. The schools have all been closed. Mr. Edwin W. Stahl and Miss Addie P. Guldenzophf, both of Newton Co., were married this Sept. 29th, by Elder W. O. Moore, of the Christian church at his residence. Extensive marsh and prairie fires are prevailing up about Fair Oaks now, and many hundreds of acres have been burned over. On S. P. Thompson’s land considerable hay has been destroyed. Walter Porter Was in that region today seeing what has happened or is liable to happen to McCoy & Porter’s interests there. Harry Burham, of Lowell, committed suicide Monday morning, by shooting himself through the head with a revolver. Burham, who is

only twenty years old, has been bedfast for the past three weeks, with a malignant* attack of typhoid fever, most of the time being delirious. While left alone by the nurse he managed to get the revolver from a dresser and shot himself before his attendant returned. Young Burham was a son of Calvin Burham, the leading hardware merchant of Lowell, and he was a favorite with his companions.

Dept. Sheriff Robinson went up into Gillam Tp., yesterday, armed with a warrant for the arrest of one Charles Stone. Stone who seems to be as hard as his name, was so ornery that his wife went home to her folks, named Raed. And Stone was putting in his time driving to Medaryville to replenish his whiskey bottle, and back to the Reeds’ house, where he was making threats against them and his wife. The whiskey which he did not drink himself he forced down his horse’s throat. Mr. Robinson watched for the fellow all day,- but he had got wind of the intention to arrest him, and kept out of sight. A young man named Kelly, who boards at C. Platt’s, on Van Rensselaer St,, is laid up with a bad cut in the front of his leg. He received it in a row late last night, near McCoy’s bank. Kelly is a railroad worker, and he and some others were celebrating pay-day with a big drunk. The name of the man who did the cutting could not be learned with certainity, as Kelly seems averse to saying anything about it, but it is probable that when Dept. Prosecutor Hanley returns from Kentland, the party will be looked up and arrested. Kelly’s cut is only an inch or two below the groin, and had it been that much higher up it would very likely have made an end of Kelly.

THURSDAY. W. B. Austin is in Indianapolis on business. M. F. Chilcote is in Winamac on legal business. The little daughter of Hamilton Ball is very sick. Dakota hats, best grade, only 69 cents, at Lecklider’s. Cheaper grade, 49 cents. A six year old son of W. ,W. Warne, of Union Tp. is very sick with inflamation of bowels. Mrs. Herbert Waters, of Chicago is visiting her sister Mrs. Will Grant, a mile west of town.

Rev. Father Dinnen, of Lafayette, visited friends in Rensselaer and at St. Joseph College yesterday. P. W. Clark is papering '■ and otherwise touching up the appearance of the interior of his jewelry store. Mrs. M. A. Webster, of Westville, went home today after a weeks’s visit with relatives in Rensselaer and vicinity. Dr. I. B. Washbum went to Monticello this P, M. to attend the reunion of the 46th Ind. Vols. today and tomorrow. Mr. and Mrs. M. Shehan after a few days visit with their relatives, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kight returned to Chicago this morning.

Mrs. C. C. Starr and Albert Overton arrived today, from Bay City, Mich. Feme Starr will remain there for a while longer. Misses Abbie and Mary Harrison went to Chicago this morning where they will begin a course at the Chicago Art Institute. Mr. M. Sheehan and Miss Stella Kight were married at noon, last Saturday. The bride is the daughter of Isaac Kight, of Fair Oaks and neice of Councilman Jos Kight, of Rensselaer, and is well known

to many friends here. They will live in Chicago. Granville Moody and Delos Thompson arrived home from Tennessee, Tuesday. They were unable to bring their cattle out on account of a Texas fever quarantine having been placed on the whole state of Tennessee. Their cattle are up on the Cumberland Mountains and all right, but-they can not be brought away until after some heavy frosts in that region.

/Miss A. Jay Cox, missionary to /.frica, from Moody Bible Institute, will speak in the Presbyterian church, Friday evening Oct. 1. Miss Cox expects to sail for the west coast of Africa, soon, where she will ( engage in Mission wotk among the Mondi and Sherbco people. ~ Walter Porter reports that the recent fires near Fair Qaks burned over about 540 acres, out of the 620 in one section of his pasture and about half of another section. The fire burns a good deal of the sod and in such cases ruins the land for pasture for several years. In a number of places the soil is on fire and unless heavy rains come these fires will continue and spread, and large tracts are likely to be ruined for years.

By Nov. 1 the Monon will have its improvements in the way of straightening curves and cutting down grades on the north end com-• pleted, which will enable the com- 1 pany to haul six tp eight cars to a train more than now between Indianapolis and Chicago. The road between Indianapolis and Monon ; will soon be heavily ballasted with the best quality of gravel, and the Monon will no longer need to speak I of its track being inferior to that of either of its competitors.—lndianapolis Journal. James Feeley was arrested yesterday afternoon and tried before Squire, Burnham on the charge of being the man who cut Charles Kelly, late Monday night. Kelly , was able to be present but was a very unwilling witness against the section boss. In fact he would not admit that he knew who cut him. A number of other witnesses testified and the Squire found Feeley guilty, but let him off easy.. He was fined $3 and costs, amounting in all to $16.10. Kelly was then prosecuted for drunkenness in a public place. „ He at first plead not guilty, but very soon changed his mind and plead guilty. The Squire fixed his fine at the very moderate One of 25 cents and costs. In all