Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 December 1897 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. • ■ ■ pDaily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Micha Sayler is on the sick list I. J. Porter, of Porter & Yeoman, is at Chicago today. Supt. Hamilton is visiting schools at Wheatfield today. Mrs. Mel Abbott is visiting her parents near Delphi this week. Perry Hamilton is at Medaryville on a few days business trip. Miss Bessie Warren, of Union Tp., is visiting relatives at Hammond. Attorneys Marshall and Hanley are attending court at Kentland, today. Two children of Simon Price of of Barkley Tp., are sick with scarletina. Elder B. W. Woodard, of Dutton, Mich., is visiting his step-son, Elder F. L. Austin. Mr. and Mrs. Jake Troxell, of DeMotte are visiting relatives here for a few days this week.

Miss Bertha Arnold returned to her home at Fair Oaks yesterday, after a five weeks stay with her sister Mrs. Chas. Israel. Mrs. J. D. Gibson after a few days visit with the family of E. T. Gibson, left for her home at*Dayton, Ohio, today. Mesdames W. B. Austin and Angela Horner went to Lafayette last night to visit their parents Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Hammond. Mrs. Jessie Hammond left for her home in Pratt Co., Kansas today, after a six weeks visit with relatives in and near Rensselaer. Mrs. Harry Thewlius returned to her home at Linden today, after a two months visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. James Jordan. Elder B. W. Woodard, of Dutton, Mich., will begin a series of meetings at the Church of God tonight, and which will probably continue all the rest of the week. Miss Leathe Denger returned to her home at Medaryville today, after a several days visit with her sister Mrs. J. J. Reed, four miles south of town.

The County Commissioners and the City Council are to confer next Thursday, in regard to arranging to furnish lights and water for the court house and jail, from the city light and waterworks plant. The new hose, carts and other fire apparatus has arrived and is on a car at the railroad. It will be inspected by the committee of the city council and fire company, and accepted if found satisfactory. There will be a Quarterly meeting at Rose Bud church the 25 and 26 of this month. Quarterly conference will convene on the 25th at 2:30 p. m. Communion after morning preaching on Sabbath, 26th. A full turnout is requested. Oliver Lowther, Pastor. Much colder by Thursday is the official weather prediction for Northern Indiana. If it will get

cold and stay that way it will bej much better for business of all' kinds. It would also greatly help the farmers who have produce of various kinds and wood they wish to haul to town. The next annual county farmers’ • institute, to be held here Jan. 14th and 15th, comes on Friday and Saturday. These are favorable days of the week for a good attendance; and if weather and roads are favorable we look for an unusually large attendance. Efforts to make it an unusually good institute are being made. C. C. Starr’s new brick warehouse, which fell down several weeks ago, is now nearly rebuilt, and this time care has been taken

to let the mortar set, before too much weight was pot on the foundation, so that there is no danger of another collapse. The building is 20 by 40 feet, and two stories and a basement in height. It will be a model grocery warehouse, and measurably safe from fire. A four inch water main was laid yesterday through the alley back of the south side business block. This will enable the business houses on that side to get water without digging across Washington street, to get at the large street main The business houses on the north side can get at the large main easily, and will be supplied from that.

At the light and water power house yesterday, the old smoke stack was taken down, and the smoke turned into the new brick chimney, which worked perfectly. Today the roof of the power house is being completed. There are no more water mains to be laid except a few lengths on Washington street, and one connection across the river, both of which are delayed, waiting for more pipes. In the way of beautiful and at tractive show windows for the holidays, the Chicago Bargain Store has surpassed itself, this time, in the arrangements of the great corner window of that store. Its main features,are a life size Uncle Santa, sitting at a table taking down the names of all good boys and girls for Christmas presents, and surrounded, on all sides by‘a grand array of Christmas toys. At the other end of the window, on a high raised platform, under a glittering canopy stands the beautiful queen of Dolldom, and surrounded on all sides by her admiring subjects The elegance and tastefulness of the ornamentations of these respective scenes cun not be easily described and must be seen to be appreciated.

WEDNESDAY. Mrs. Ira Morlan is on the sick list. * Misses Mary, Maggie and Anna Smith, of Indianapolis visited frieqds here a few days this week. Miss Mary Quirk, of Walkerton, is visiting friends at St. Joseph College, today. G-eorge L. Smith returned to his home at Valparaiso today, after a three days visit with Lewis Fosterr Mrs M. Sheehan returned .to Chicago last night after a few weeks visit with the family of her uncle Jos. Kight.

Rev. Mr. Fritz, of Anderson, wifi preach at the Frist Baptist church next Sunday, morningand evening, at the usual hours. Miss Mary Beck left last night for Sedalia, Missouri, after a few weeks visit with her pareuts Mr. and Mrs. William Beck. "'"Mrs. Will Murray left this morning for a visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. Jim Nichols, at Kingman and other relatives at lola, Kansas. Mrs. Mary E. Cole, mother of A. W. Cole, of this place, has just been granted a pension of sl7 per month and back pension to the amount of $1,700. Her husbant was a major in the army, and is buried here, in Weston cemetery. Mrs. Stella Norman and little son left for Cunningham, Kansas, ! this morning, where she expects to - spend the winter for the benefit of ! her health.

Gravel roads Superintendent Woodworth has lately finished extensive repairs to the north gravel road. He has put on it about 500 yards of gravel from a newly openjed pit on G. W. Burk’s land. Mr. , Woodworth thinks it is the best 1 gravel yet used on our Marion township roads. G. A. Strickfaden moved Tuesday in to his new saloon, in the room formerlyjoccupied by Warner & Collins’ grocery store. His bar and fixtures from the Roberts ' building, opposite White’s livery baru, have been moved into the new place. The billiard and pool tables still remain in the Roberts’ building, and a bowling alley is also talked of. •>;

We have been handed a copy of the Exeter, Neb., Enterprise, containing more accurate particulars regarding John A. Patton, whose death at Ida, Kans., was mentioned some time ago. He was the son of G. W. Patton, formerly of Mt. Ayi*, and himself attended our high school for some time, when nearing his majority. His age was only a little more than 30 years. He leaves a wife and a 2-| year old Bon. South Bend Times: It may be accepted as a foregone conclusion that congress at its coming session will pass a bill to exclude undesirable, illiterate and vicious immigrants from landing onjour shores. Senator Fairbanks, of this state, has prepared a bill which is said to be free from the objections urged against the bill vetoed by President Cleveland. At the beginning of the new year the state will have more than 1,000 idle convicts on its hands. What to do with these men is the most serious now confronting the governor and board of managers of the two prisons. Already 700 men are in idleness in the Michigan City prison, and many of them are pleading for something to do, lest, in idleness, they become insane.—Lafayette Courier.

THURSDAY. Miss Mary Moody is on the sick list. W. B. Austin is at Lafayette 'tbday. Geo. Barcus is at Monon on business today. F. A. Ross is at Chicago on a few days business trip. Mrs. George Hopkins is visiting her parents at Surrey today. Mrs. J. L. Brady went to*Knox, today, to visit Mrs. G. H. Brown. Born, Wednesday, Dec. 15th, to Mr. and Mrs. Alva Nichols, of Valma, a son. Mrs. C. A. Roberts was called to Fowler today by the sickness of her sister Mrs. Vanatta. Mrs. Clarence Sigler returned to DeMotte this morning after a few days visit in Rensselaer. Attorney H. A. Sties and County Clerk J. C. Jones, of Winamac are in Rensselaer on business today. Mrs. W. R. Stewart returned to Chicago today after a ten days visit with her mother Mrs. Jane A. Sharp.

Mrs. A. Woodfield returned to ler home at Lafayette today, after a weeks visit with her mother Mrs. [3. M. Florence. Mrs. Guss Munden after a few days visit with her brother James Overton returned to her home at : ?air Oaks this morning. Elder D. T. Halstead and wife returned home yesterday from ! Vlaxinkuckee, where he has been lolding a protracted meeting. A fine monument for the Loughridge family was received by Mackey & Barcus, today. It is of Scotch granite, and came from Aberdeen, Scotland. Elder R. W. Thompson, of Greenfield, will preach at the Primitive Baptist church Saturday and Sunday and probably, also Monday and Tuesday. The Monon people are going to be done with mud around the depot after this. They have a large force of men working there, putting on gravel. It is said that 40 car loads will be used around the depot and at the street crossings.

At Montieello TuesdayJthe contract was let for 12 miles of stone roads, centering at Monon. A Clinton Co. firm got the contract at $25,492. The Macadam Co. by Delos Thompson, bid $26,979. These stone roads, at the contract price, will cost only about as much per mile as our gravel roads, and presumably they will be much more durableThe Indiana state soldiers’ home filed its annual report with the governor, Saturday afternoon. It shows the population of The home to be 468, of whom 312 are veterans, 36 widows and 120 soldiers’

wives. The old men’s home is completed and ready for oocupancy. The home in full, but inmates will be reoeived as fast as the new buildings* are now completed. Eleven new cottages have bean built the past year.

I have private funds to loan on real estate at low rates for any length of time. Funds are always on hands and there is no delay—no examination of land, no sending papers east—absolutely no red tape. Why do you wait on insurance companies for 6 months for your money? I also loan money for short times at current bank rates. Funds always on hand. ,

W. B. AUSTIN.