Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 November 1897 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Clarence Lecklider is on the sick list. Jack Montgomery is at Reynolds today. A. Lewis is at South Bend on business today. Born yesterday Nov. 1 to Mr. and Mrs. P. H. Kahler a daughter. M. F. Chilcote came home last night from a two days visit at Chicago. The Fair Oaks schools are closed on account of some scarlet fever cases.

Arthur Fendig is home from Chicago for a few days visit with his parents. Mrs. Peyton’s little girls seem now to be making good progress towards certain recovery. Miss Flora Harris returned to Chicago this morning after a three days visit with her parents. Mr. Herman Edward Gilbert and Miss Nellie Snip were married Oct. 29, by Squire Burnham, at his office. Judge Thompson is getting better and will probably be able to hold court tomorrow. He has bronchitis. Mrs. Rachel Yeoman and son Reuben left today for a six weeks visit with relatives in Kansas and Okholoma.

Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Shields came home yesterday from a months visit with relatives at Indianapolis and Franklin. Frank Robinson left for his new home at lola, Kansas, this morning after a weeks visit with relatives at this place. Mr. and Mrs. Byron Sayler returned to their home at Medaryville today after a weeks visit with relatives in and near Rensselaer. No new case of scarlet fever has been reported for about a week, and it now seems quite probable that the end of the epidemic is in sight. Fred Phillips has sold out his gentlemen’s furnishing and sample goods store to Ellis & Murray, and has accepted a situation as salesman in their store. The subcontractors for the waterworks mains need about 50 more men for shoveling, and unless they can be obtained from Rensselaer, they will have to be procured elsew’here. Again we urge Rensselaer laboring men who are out of work to get after this job, right away. A more or less constant rain of 24 hours duration, ended last evening. The rain was in such fine drops and came so slowly that the total rainfall was comparatively small—probably not to exceed half an inch. Still it is enough for all practical purposes, except for filling up cisterns and making water for stock.

Telephonic communications were had with Boswell Monday afternoon, to ascertain if Sebe Pride was in that vicinity, as had been reported. The result was that no one at Boswell, so far as could be learned, knew anything of his whereabouts. It is understood that Sebe’s mother, Mrs. Rockwood, of Indianapolis, has written that Sebe is alive and working at some place, she did not say where. James May; from 5 miles northeast of Wolcott, was in town Monday. He had a good horse stolen on the night of Oct. 6th, and is still keeping up the effort to recover the horse and arrest the thief, The horse was a dark brown mare, seven years old, with small white star in forehead and some white in right hind foot, weight about 1,050 lbs., rather rangy in

build. A reward of SIOO is offered for recovery of the mare and arrest of the thief. Information is to be sent to Nate J. Reed, sheriff of Jasper Co., at Rensselaer. Noting has as yet been heard of the missing George H. Brown. ! A possible clue however is being ' investigated today. It seems that l on the day of Mr. Brown’s disap--1 pearance fiom Champaign, 111. or the next day, a man was killed by ■ the cars on the Illinois Central, at :at some point between Chicago and Champaign, and it is now thought possible that Mr. Brown was the man. The method of his death, whether accidentally, or by suicide, was not known. There were no papers on the body to identify it, but it wa.s described as about 40 years'" bld, and with the appearance of a laboring man. As Mr. Brown wore his everyday clothing when'he went.away, he might from his appearance have been taken for a laboring man. As to the absence of his papers, that could perhaps be accounted for by assuming that, if the body was his, he was robbed, either before he met his death, or afterwards. There is a possibility that in the death of this unidentified man may be found the explanation of Mr. Brown’s disappearance. The friends here expect to receive information as to the the result of the investigation of this clue, either tonight or tomorrow.

WEDNESDAY. David Thompson is at Winamac on business today. Geo. Dunn is visiting his parents at Dunnville a few days. Mrs. Sarah Miner is visiting relatives at Monon this week. Will Donnelly is at Chicago and Waukegan HL, this week on business. Mrs. Ben Oglesby, of Medaryville, is visiting relatives here this week.

A. Leopold was called to Wolcott today by the serious sickness of his son Louie. Mark Reed and Walter Porter, of Jordan tp., are in Chicago for a few days this week. W. B. Powell and Mrs. Al. C. Brundy, of Lafayette are visiting Mrs. James Power. Mr. and Mrs. James Halleck, of Pembroke, are visiting their daughter Mrs. T. J. Joyner. Dr. John P. Burke, of California, Mo., is here visiting his son, a student at St. Joseph’s College and who is in poor health. Mrs. H. Mackey and daughter Miss Emma are on the sick list. The latter having been very seriously sick for some time.

Mrs. Geo. Goff returned home today after a two weeks visit w ith relatives at DeMotte, Hebron, Crown Point and Chicago; Bro. F. M. Hussey, president of the North Indiana Methodist Conference will preach at the Rose Bud church next Saturday and Sunday, Nov. 6 and 7. Mrs. O. Al. Allen, of Kalamazoo, Mich., accompanied by her grandchildren, Cecelia and Gerald Hollingsworth arrived here last night to visit her daughter Mrs. E. L. Hollingsworth.

The court house clock has arrived and is being taken up into the clock tower, today. It is in several sections and is put together after reaching the tower. Wm. Robb, of Attica, Ind., who has been here for the past week buying mules succeeded in buying a car load and started home with them today by the overland route. C, W. Israel, who lives on the Wm. McElfresh farm, four miles north of town, still continues to fail in health, and is compelled,to give up farming. He will make a public sale on Thursday Nov. 11.

Albert Overton went to Monon today to aid in the preparatian of a programme for the Sub-District Epworth League Convention, which will be held here early in next month. Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Tucker’s three months old infant daughter

has been lying at the point"-of death since Saturday. Today it seems slightly better, but the chances for final recovery are thought very slight. The babe had scarlet fever and this was followed by cholera infantum. A party of “holiness” and faithhealing people are holding a series of meetings in the Church of God, They are John Fenwick and wifeMrs. Mary Fenwick, from Jordan Tp., Mr. Maple from near Monon and James Powell, whose place of residence we did not learn. Mr. Maple and Mrs. Fenwick seem to be the principal speakers. Mr. Powell is the leading “healer.”

The 10 inch mains, the largest used on our waterworks, have arrived and are being distributed today. They will extend from the water tower down Van Rensselaer st. to Washington, and two or three blocks on Washington. The drill got to work again on the new well, last evening. It is now down about 40 feet. Work on the four stone foundations for the steel water-tower is in progress. One is completed, another underway, and the other two being excavated. The foundations rest on the bedrock and will last as long as the town does, and perhaps a good deal longer. There is still a scarcity of brick for the power house, and work thereon is again at a standstill.

Rev. Z. T. Sweenev, of Columbus, state fish commissioner, met a number of anglers at Indianapolis to talk over the necessity of better arrangements for state protection of fish. His deputies have made 150 arrests since he has been in office, and he long ago exhausted his salary of S3OO, and the appropriation of S6OO for expenses, and was carrying on the work at his own expense. He believed there should be more stringent laws and a larger appropriation for their enforcement. He also expressed himself in favor of permitting farmers to seine with not less than a two-inch mesh in order to clear the streams of carp, which kill game fish.

THURSDAY. John Eger is at Chicago today. Frank Moore of Indianapolis, is in town today. George Barcus is at Hammond on business today. Mrs. Alice Sunderland is visiting relatives at Monon. Miss Meitzel in the east part of town is on the sick list, R. W. Marshall is at Wheatfield today, on legal business. Mrs. Granville Moody and daughter Mary were at Chicago yesterday. John King is at Crawfordsville today, taking part in a shooting tournament, Miss Emma Appleby, of Indianapolis is visiting her neice Mrs. Chas. Spitler. County Surveyor Alter is at work on the Otis ditch near Rose Lawn this week. Mrs. W. B. Austin and sister Miss Jean Hammond, of Lafayette are visiting in Chicago. Mrs. Simon Fendig and Mrs. Jean Allen, of Wheatfield, are visiting Airs. Alary Fendig this week.

Rev. D. A. Tucker’s baby is reported better this morning and there is now some hopes of its complete recovery. Mrs. Melinda Gallagher returned to her home at Logansport today, after a two months visit with relatives in and near Rensselaer. Miss Susie Parker entertained the Rensselaer Euchre Club at her home yesterday evening. Ten couples were present and enjoyed a very pleasant evening. Chas. Pearson, the new tailor, has moved his shop today, into the room between the Commercial and Farmers’ banks, just vacated by Fred Phillips. The foot ball players and their admirers have gone over to Remington today, for the Rensselaer vs Watseka game, in great numbers. They have gone in hacks,

spring wagons, buggies, carriages and on bikes. It is estimated that, all told, 150 Rensselaer people have gone over. It is not thought that the game will be over before 4:30 or 5 o’clock. The Mercy and Help departments of the Epworth League will give a social at the home of Mrs. Leota Jones, Friday evening. Admission 10 cents. Every-body invited. Elder Presley E. Davis, for many years one of the best known residents of the north townships, a preacher in the Chrisiian denomination, and piostmaster of Wheatfield during the last democratic administration, has now taken his final departure from Jasper county and is moving with his family to Tennessee. He is making the journey by team.

The President of the United States has designated Thursday, November 25th as a day for Thanksgiving and prayer, and in accordance with this Governor Mount will issue a proclamation. Union services are generally held in this city but where they will )e and who will deliver the sermon will be determined upon in a short time. Dont fail to attend the Grand Ball, to be given by the Ladies of the Women’s Relief Corps, and learn how to give a ball, without dancing. Lots of fun and a good supper. Admission 10 cts. and an cents for single supper or 15 cents for two suppers. Remember the money goes to replenish the relief fuud. Let every body come and spend their money where it will be used tor a good purpose. J. D, Babcock, trustee of Alarion Tp., has bought of the administrator, Dr. Al. B. Alter, the Jonathan Peacock farm, just west of town, and partly within the corporation. It contains 213 acres and was bought for §8,700. There are at present no very good buildings on the farm but it is understood that Air, Babcock will soon build a good house on the place and move into it. His present residence is several miles southwest of town.

Nothing further has been learned that will throw light on the unaccountable disappearance of George H. Brown. The case of the man killed on the 111. Central was left for Chicago parties to investigate and it seems that up to yesterday they had done nothing about it. In response to a r?quest from Mrs. Brown, at Knox, her brother-in-law, R. B. Harris, went there yesterday and returned today. He reports that Mrs. Brown has had no word since the 20th of Oct., when he wrote from Urbana that he would be home in a few days going by way of Rensselaer. On the 19 th he telegraphed to Monon that he would be there in a few days.