Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in £t graphDaily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. John Hubbard of Muncie is the guest of Chas. Spriggs a few days. 47th St. Chicago has been made a ticket and baggage station. All Monon trains stop there. J. C. Thrawls is home from a two months’ visit with relatives at Logansport and Wabash. Born, to Mr. and. Mrs. Chris Westfall, east of town, this morning, February 4, 1898, a son. Miss Emma Huschy, who has been visiting Mrs. Oscar Hauter, east of town for some time, returned to Chicago tbday. All members of the K. of P. lodge No. 82. are requested to be in attendanoe Tuesday evening, Feb. 8. Business of importance. Eli Arnold, of near Blackford, has so far recovered from his recent very dangerous attack of lung fever, as to be able to come to town today. The Young People of the different churches will hold a union meeting at the Presbyterian church Sunday at 6p. m. Subject, “God’s Unfailing Promises.” The date of the social, more properly Coffee Klatch,'to be given by the Presbyterian ladies at W. B. Austin’s, has been changed to next Wednesday afternoon.

Cyrus Thrasher, Leslie Shaner, Henry Kopka, Lark Coster, Chriss Hubbard and Ira Osborne all of Francesville attended the musical at the opera house last night. J. C. Galbraith is home from Englewood for a month’s visit with his parents and friends. Mr. Galbraith is in the employe of the Consumers’ Ice company at that place and this is his first visit home in three years.

W. P. Hopkins’ condition has not improved any and the indications of serious internul injuries grow more apparent. Th journey into town yesterday afternoon did not seem to have any injurious effects, but every care was taken to make it easy for him. A report that circulated late last evening that Uncle Johnny Ragori, an eccentric old bachelor living west of town, had been found dead in his field was quite conclusively contradicted by the appearance in town, this morning of Uncle Johnny himself. Coronor Wright concluded that it was not worth while to hold an inquest on a man able to come to town to haYe it done.

Uncle Bill N. Jones, usually as mild and serene as a May morning, bears now an angry and a troubleboding look, in his north by northeast eye. No one has ventured to disturb his fast multiplying Belgian hares, or the matter would be even more serious than it is, but some miscreant whose name is Villian made a sneak on a couple of his little milk pails, which in his trusting confidence in human nature, he had left, as usual, under a stairway. Uncle Bill is pretty well convinced in his own mind who got away with his buckets, and he intimates that unless they are returned there may be trouble for the other fellow.

SATURDAY. Mrs. Frank Henkle is reported quite sick. Alfred Jarvis, of Kankakee, 111., is in town today. Mrs. Dick Wood and children are visiting relatives ut Monon a few days. Miss Bertha Parcels, the deputy county clerk is reported sick this morning.

The interior of the Model store is being very handsomely decorated and painted. . Mrs. G. I. Thomas and children w ho live north of town are-visiting relatives at Logansport. Harry Zimmerman went to Lafayette, today, to work as telegraph operator for the Monon, for a few days. Mrs. Mary Thomas left this morning for DeMont, lowa, called by the serious .sickness - of her sister, Mrs Lizzie Rice. W. P. Hopkins is .constantly growing weaker and there are so far no indications of any possible change for the better. From present indications the end will not be delayed many days. Prof, and Mrs. W. H. Sanders entertained the Junors, Seniors snd high school teachers last night. The evening was spent in playing progressive anagrams. Light refreshments were served.

There is good clear ice on the river now, about 6 inches in thickness. M. P. Warner, who did not put up any at the previous ice harvest, expects to begin filling his ice house next Monday, and thinks the ice will then be considerably thicker than it now is. The Indiana weather prediction for today was, “light rain in the early morning; much colder, with a moderate cold wave; northwesterly winds.” The prediction hit it exactly, except that the light rain turned to light snow in this region, before it got ddne with it. The difference in the winter here and no further than 30 or 40 miles north, is remarkable. Here the ground is practically bare of snow, and has been so most of the time. There there has been lots of snow on the ground for a long time, and the roads are drifted full, in many places.

The state board of commerce has appointed the committee that is to look after Indiana’s interest at the Paris exposition in 1000. The committee is composed of E. B. Martindale,. Indianapolis; Charles L. Jewett, New Albany; Hugh Dougherty, Bluffton; John G. Shanklin, Evansville and James 11. Smart, Lafayette. The beautiful solid silver cup or trophy, won by the Stoners at the big poultry show at Logansport, now occupies a prominent position in Ellis & Murray's corner window. Around the cup are placed the ribbons or more properly badges, showing the premiums they won at that show. Besides the cup, which was the great prize of the whole show, there are ribbons showing three first and two third premiums. A remarkable number to take at one show truly.

The conduct of a number of young hoodlums outside the Free Baptist church, while the meeting was in progress last night, was outrageous, and deserves severe punishment, and as it is understood that the names of some of the principal ringleaders are known, we question whether the church people are right in not proceeding to prosecute at once. A good dose of criminal law will be a good thing for the boys themselves and also good for their neglectful parents. ►

MONDAY. Miss Jessie Adams of Monon, is the guest of Miss Edna Dillon. W. B. Austin and George Hopkins spent Sunday in Chicago. Mrs. R. S. Coppock. of Peoria, is the guest of Mrs. Simon Leopold. Miss Blanche Hoyes spent Sunday with Miss Kate Wood at Monon. I. J. Porter and Dallas Yeoman are doing business in Chicago, today. Aaron Mossier, of Rockville, spent Sunday with his son, Will Mossier. , Miss Grace Thompson is homo from Evanston, for a week’s visit with her parents. W. J. Miller is at M. B. Hal-

stead’s in Newton Tp., frescoing his new dwelling. 4 Fred Hubbard, a traveling man. spent Sunday with his old friend, Chas. Spriggs and family. The scholars of Miss Frances Mills’ room gaye her a surprise party Saturday afternoon. Mrs- B. Forsythe went to Philadelphi, Ohio, today to visit her parents Dr. and Mrs. T. H. Smith. Mr. and Mrs. -lames Flynn were the guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. V. Weaver of Lowell, over Sunday. Miss Gertrude Bushy after an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Edd Todd of Goodland, returned home Saturday. H. L. Gamble is the proud owner of a thorough-bred bull terrier pup, sent to him by the officers of the St. Louis Kennel club, v The social, Friday evening, at school No. 13, Barkley towhship, (Mary Belle Moore, teacher) was a grand success. Proceedsamounted to $16.75. Mr, and Mrs. Lacy Gwin of Marshfield, Wisconsin, spent Sunday with his father J. C. Gwin, the county treasurer. They left for home today. A preliminary meeting will be held at the First Baptist church, Friday evening, and on Monday evening of next week the pastor, Rev. Fritts, will begin a series of meetings. There are no signs of any improvement in W. P. Hopkins’ condition, and he is constantly growing weaker. Unless an entirely unexpected chaise for the better occurs, he can not last more than a few days longer. Rev. V. O. Fritts has concluded to become the settled pastor of the First Baptist church, as the church at Mt. Ayr has called him to preach for them also. He will preach at each place every alternate Sunda’y. His family is now at Anderson but will remove to Rensselaer in April.

Sheriff Wickwire, of Newton Co., came over from Kentlund today, and left in our jail a young man who is charged with passing counterfeit money. He will soothe the lonely condition of his fellow Newton county prisoner, Geo-Callahan,-the Rose Lawn poet and gay Lothario. Jan. 11 A. C. Daily, auditor of state, called on the ninety-four state banks in Indiana for a statement of their condition. The responses were unusually prompt and the auditor believes that the banks are in good condition. The following statement was secured: Jan. 11, 1898, the resources of all the banks were $16,715,669.10, and on Feb. 17, 1897, $15,681,343.51, showing a net gain during the year of $1,034,325.59.

Bro. Reynolds, of the Monticello Journal, is greatly disturbed over the railroad articles in The Republican. Yet we assure the Journal that the Republican has not agitated the railroad matter any more freely than did the Monticello papers a while; until in fact the survey to Monticello was made. The company then asked for the money for the survey, “and the subsequent proceedings interested them no more.” Renssolaer may be a dead town, as Bro. Reynolds asserts, but anyhow we won’t get the survey made and then be unable to raise the money to pay for it, as Monticello was. In fact the money will have to be raised before the survey is made in our case. The company’s Monticello experience makes them very wary about trusting in promises.

Regarding the very fishy looking story that an old couple named Higman, living until recently in Francesville, but now Missouri, had fallen heirs to $12,000,000 of Senator’s Fair’s estate, in California, the Winamac Republican says: “It seems that all of tho bright hopes of the Higman family nnd Allio Rains Moore have been born merely to meet an early death. According to a letter recently received by J&nkins & McConnell, attorneys at Logansport, Senator Fair, their relative in Nevadu, loft a will when he died and also three

sons. In case the will be broken the property would all go to the sons. In case it stands a large bulk of the property goes to numerous'charities, So there is no show for them in either way.”