Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 November 1897 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happen* > insrs € lassi fled Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Bert Goff is at Chicago this week. J. F. Irwin is at Indianapolis on business. Mrs. Wm. Zea, south of town, is quite sick. Mrs. Frank Sorrel is very sick with tonsilitis. Simon Phillips is visiting for a few days at Marion, Grant Co. County Surveyor J. E. Alteris at work on ditches near DeMotte this week. Miss Lynne Kelley came home today from a several weeks visit at Rockford, 111. Mrs. Simon Leopold and daugh. ter arrived home last night from their visit at Bay City, Mich. Mrs. Wm. Willets and Miss Hattie Eldridge of McCoysburg are visiting Rensselaer friends today. Mrs. Lewis Wildeberg and Miss Eliza Tuteur came home last night from an extended visit at Peoria, 111. Mrs. Katherine Wocsley who lives with the family of Wm. Moore near the depot is very seriously sick. Isaac Kepner, who sold his own house to Wm. Clift, moved Monday into a part of Wm. Cotton’s house. Mr. and Mrs. J. R. Hazen of Chicago arrived here today where they will make their future residence. Mrs. J. C. Morgan, who sold her house to James Parkison, some time ago, is building herself a new residence. The business houses will probably all close Thanksgiving Day, from 12 till 5 p. m., and the drug stores from 2 till 5. D. Mulford returned to his home at Maryville, 0., Monday, after a few days spent here in looking after his farm in Union Tp. Mrs. Jane Murray left for her home at Beloit, Wis., this morning • after a several months visit with her son J. F. Murray, of Barkley Tp. Mr. John T. McFall and Miss Maude Lemman, both of Barkley Tp., were married Monday afternoon, by Squire Jas. A. Burnham, in his office.

Spencer Vick, son of Chas. Vick, of this place, got a broken arm a few days ago, in Chicago, as the result of a street car collision. He expects the street car company to re-emburse him. Perkins & Gay are meeting with no end of bad luck in drilling the big well for the water works, and are now down only a little more than 100 feet. At present nearly their whole drill and stem is fast in the well, as the result of another break-down. Our former townsman, W. H. H. Graham, now doing business in Indianapolis and residing at Irvington, is a candidate for the appointment to the position of consul to the city of Winipeg in northwest Canada. Mr. Graham’s many friends here will wish him success in his candidacy. A horse belonging to Swaney Makeever, and driven by Jerry Shea, got into an open waterworks ditch, near the light plant, last night, and was so badly injured that it bad to be killed. The waterworks people paid Mr. Makeever $35 for his horse. Owing to some misunderstanding between the waterworks contractor and the sub-contractors for the pipes, the waterworks men were not paid Monday evening, as

expected, and few of them are working today. Mr. Horton, the contractor is expected to come this afternoon, and will probably straighten everything up. Governor Mount has, through the adjutant general, issued an order changing the manual of arms for the state militia as adapted to the use of the Springfield rifle to a manual adapted to the use of the Krag-Jorgensen rifle, the weapon long since provided by the federal government for the regual army. The change has involved many modifications in movements, even to a radical extent. The new manual has this week been distributed to the various infantry companies through out the state. Rev. F. L. Austin, Mrs. M. E. Thompson and Misses Morlan, Hemphill and Benjamin returned home Monday, from the Church of God conference, at Argus. Elder and Mrs. D. T. Halstead have not yet returned, as the Elder is holding meetings at Plymouth, this week. The conference was a very earnest and successful one, judging from the reports of the Plymouth papers. The Rehsselaer representatives, which in addition to those heretofore mentioned included also Elder J. H. Willey, who took a very prominent part in the various sessions of the Conference. Rensselaer has a good fire company and one that it took years to build up. «The city council has, no doubt, shown want of consideration for the company in several respects lately, and on the other hand, perhaps the fire company has acted a little hastily in tendering their resignations. We do not believe, however, that the council meant any intentional slight to the firemen, but in the pressure of public business, which has been very heavy for some time, they took action in several matters which the firemen were interested in, without stopping to think of what courtesy demanded toward the latter. We trust that both parties will forget their own personal feelings in the matter as far as they can, and do what the public good demands, and reconcile their differences.

The Valparaiso foot ball team again demonstrated its ability by beating Crown Point, last Saturday, by a score of 4to 0. Evidently our foot ballists have a pretty large contract on their hands if they beat the Valparaisos here Thursday. But if luck or good playing is on the side of Valparaiso, our boys and their friends should take the result with equanimity. Above all let the visitors, whether they win or lose, bo treated fairly and like gentlemen. But in the light of our past record, this warning really seems unnecessary, for Rensselaer has a most excellent record in the way of fair and courteous treatment to visitors, especially in athletic contests. But the Valparaiso papers complain greviously of the treatment accorded to their team at Crown Point, Saturday, and our people can not be too careful in not giving cause for any similar complaint againt Rensselaer.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. John Schanlaub is now improving nicely.' Alva Stevenson, of Union Tp., is quite sick with a fever. Miss Jennie Harris is visiting relatives at Onarga, 111. Miss Emma Fawcett, of Delphi is visiting her cousin Miss Maude Healey. John King is attending the shooting tournament at McCoysburg today. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh Warner and son Jim are visiting her brother at Winamac. John English of Barkley, is visiting relatives at Wellington, 111., this week. Mrs. G. O. Lakey and daughter Hattie, left for their home at Akron, Ohio, today. Mesdames Susan Wasson, Flora McClure and Eliza Cole, of Union

City, are spending Thanksgiving with their relatives at this place. •Dr. Harper of- Monon, attended the entertainment at the opera house yesterday evening. Wm. Garvin and wife of Wolcott. visited his sister Mrs. J, L. Foster a few days this week. Mrs. Chas. Reed and children of Jordan Tp., left, today for a visit with relatives at Defiance,, Ohio. Elizabeth Reeve and Juno Kannal went to Chicago this morning where they will spend Thanksgiving with relatives. The afternoon train north, due lere at 3:30 P. M. yesterday, was over four hours late, owing to a freight train wreck, down below Bloomington. W. W. Watson, the special pension examiner, arrived from Toledo, today, and will take turkey with Dr. Alter’s family tomorrow.

Mrs. Lucinda Brubaker and daughter, Miss Pearl Palmerton, left for their home at Defiance, Ohio, today, after a three months visit with the former’s sister, Mrs. Geo. Kessinger. The waterworks workers got their pay all right, last evening. There are not many working today, however, owing to their delay in receiving pipes, and also to a number of them being called as witnesses in a law suit before Squire Burnham, where Theo. Potter is suing the. waterworks contractors for a horse hurt in a ditch. The Michigan, Indiana & St. Louis Electric Railway will never go six or seven miles out of its way just for amusement nor even to make Rensselaer people feel happy. If it comes here at all, it will be because people here and in Remington work hard te get it here, and make some sacrifice for it. Bear these facts in mind, and remember the meeting tonight, at the court room, in the Odd Fellows’ building. Rev. and Mrs. D. A. Tucker arrived home last night from their trip to Greensburg. They went there to bury their dead baby, and on arriving found Mr. Tucker’s younger brother, Silas Tucker, mortally sick, and remained until his death and burial. He was a farmer in Decatur county and a prominent and very popular citizen. At the funeral, -which was one‘of the largest ever held in the vicinity, Mr. Tucker himself, at the request of his brother’s family, preached the funeral sermon.

THURSDAY. Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ross, are in Chicago today. Mr. and Mrs. Jake McDonald went to Seafield today, for a week’s visit. The Old Folks Jolly Club will meet with Mrs. Nate J. Reed tonight. Dora Kahler, of Lafayette, is spending Thanksgiving with her parents. Mrs. Mary Jane Hopkins is visiting her son Homer at Alexandria, Ind. Mr. and Mrs. T. B. Gasaway, of Delphi, are visiting her sister Mrs. C. D. Now els. Miss Bell Chamberlain, of Kentland, is spending today with Miss True Yeoman. J. A. Hanawalt, of Star City, is visiting his cousin, Rev. H. M. Middleton, today. Misses Grace Jouvenat and Mae Dunlap, of Chicage, are the guests of Rensselaer friends. Miss Flora Roberts, of West Lafayette, is spending Thanksgiving with Mrs. Charley Porter. • Mr. and Mrs. J. H. S. Ellis and children are spending today with Mr. and Mrs. Bryon Haskett, at Chicago. College students home to spend Thanksgiving are, Miss Grace Thompson, Everet Brown, M. L. Spitler and Ira Washburn. John Holman of Rochester, is here for a few days, visiting the families of R. W. Sprigg, A. W. Cole, E. L. Clark and others.

H. Brenner, a waterworks caulker was run in last night, for common drunk, and Squire Burnham, fined him $1 and costs, $10.85 in all. The D. of A. R. will meet Thursday of next week with Mrs. J. H. Chapman, instead of Friday of this week, as previously announced. The county teachers’ association will convene Friday in the Presbyterian church, and continue two days.—lt promises to be a very interesting and important session. Monon township, Wnite Co., voted in favor of a system of crushed stone roads, Tuesday. The system is to be twelve miles long and its estimated cost is about $30,000. The Valparaiso foot ball team arrived on the 10:55 train this morning. They were met at the depot by the Rensselaer foot ball team and the Citizen’s band, and a great crowd of citizens, and escorted down town, in fine shape. County Treasurer Gwin has Thanksgiving venison along with his Thanksgiving turkey, today. His son Lacy sent him a quarter of a fine fat deer, from Wisconsin, and of which the Republican was bequeathed a generous portion. An unusually enjoyable social party and dance was held at Mr. and Mrs. F. A. Ross’ residence, last night, given by “the boys.” Some 40 couples participated. The music was especially fine, being a harp and violin, from Chicago; and the refreshments of the choicest.

A couple of prize fighters, named Hennesy and Tierney, were here yesterday, and hand-bills announced a boxing match last night, at Schofield’s barn, but as it was not a free show, they got no patronage, and the thing was abandoned, and the sluggers left town in disgust. Yeeterday afternoon, as a result of the blasting for waterworks pipes, on Weston street near Makemself ditch, a large rock broke in a large sash and window pane in W. H. Coover’s residence, scattering pulverized glass all over the room. The greatest damage was the terrible fright the incident caused to Mrs. Coover, whose health is not good. Three children, two boys and a girl, aged 10, 8 and JL years respectively, came here on the early morning Wabash train from the western part of Missouri, their destination being Rensselaer. Their father and mother had separated and they had been living with the latter, but are now on theii way to make their home with the father, who resides at Rensselaer. They had but 85 cents in money, but were forwarded to their destination by the officials here. —Lafayette Call.