Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told-in a graphDaily Grist of Local flappen- • ings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. TUESDAY. Henry Fisher is reported quite sick. Geo. Sharp is reported sick with the grip. C. A. Roberts has gone to Frankfort, on a business trip. J. E. Wilson is at Lafayette today, on legal business. Harry Kurrie and Delos Thompson are in Lafayette today. Willard Warfield has gone to Francesville for a few days visit. June Henkle is visiting L. G. Henkle at Chioago Heights a few days. A pleasant club dance was held in the old Odd Fellows’ hall, last evening. About 15 or couples participated. Calvin Coppess, now of Medaryville, but formerly one of the most prominent citizens of Gillam township was in town today. The last two car loads of court house furniture are on their way from Toledo, Ohio, and are expected to arrive Wednesday morning. Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Gladden after a few days visit with H. W. Jackson north east of town returned to their home, Farmer City, 111., today.

Miss Hattie Hulce after a two weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. Erwin Miller near Blackford, returned to her home at Peru, Ind., yesterday. One of the twin boys born to Mr. and Mrs. David Crow, last Thursday night, was buried Monday afternoon. It was not born with sufficient strength to live. Mrs. Mary Applebee, formerly Cordry, lately arrived from Evansville, and is now at the home of her sister, Mrs. G. W. Spitler, very sick with consumption of the stomach. Mrs. J. E. Winters nee Griswold, of Hammond* wtio has been visiting her aunt Mrs. Nettie Hoover a few days, left yesterday, to visit her parents at Monticello a few days before returning home. Plans are being formulated by a company of Hammond capitalists to construct an outer belt line around Hammond, which will connect with all the railroads running through the north part of Lake county. The Sunday excursions will still continue as fixtures in the special business of the railroads of this territory this year. The central passenger association lines have voted down a proposition to discontinue them.

A large company of boys and giris participated in and greatly enjoyed a Valentine party, last evening, at Mr. and Mrs. W, H. Coover’s residence, on Weston street. It was given in honor of their son, Clyde. St. Valentine is getting quick returns from the work he got in here, Monday. Clerk Coover has issued two marriage licenses today, and they are the first that have been issued since the ground hog hoo-dooed everything, on the 2nd of the month.

The announcement is made that the buildings and grounds pf the Pine Lake Assembly Association at Laporte owned by the State Baptists Assembly will be sold at sheriff sale next month to satisfy a debt of SB,OOO. HaysT. Smart, a normal student, was shot through the head by a revolver at \ alparaiso Sunday evening, and probably fatally wounded. He and some others were preparing to be photqgraphed in a "Wild West” scene, and Prank Rosenbergef shot Smart with a supposed unloaded revolver.

WEDNESDAY. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wood entertained the young married folks at cards last night., • / Born, this. Wednesday Feb 16th, 1898, to Mr. and Mrs. Walter White, on Cullen street, a son. The last case of scarlet fever in town was released from quarantine, yesterday. It was in the Minicus "family. Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Faris after an extended visit with Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, west of town, returned toMedaryville today. The prices-of grain continue to slowly advance. The prices now paid for oats by our local grain buyers, are 23 and 25 cents and for oorn 25J cents. Fred Phillips went up into the vicinity of Fair Oaks today, to auctioneer a sale for Lakin & Millon. ML. Spitier is. clerking it, and Guss Grant dealing out the coffee and buns.

G. P. Kahler, the blacksmith, who has made his home here for quite a number of years, left today with his family for Peoria, ‘lll., whereLhe expects to make his residence in future.

Chas. C. Brown, who moved from here to White county a year or so ago has sold his farm there and bought 200 acres in Beaver Tp., Pulaski county, and to which he has just removed. Miss Hattie Nichols Entertained last night at the home of A. P. Burton, north of town. About 15 young people were present. The evening was spent in playing progressive crockinole. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Bartlett, ately of near Remington, visited ler parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Foster, over night, and went today :;o Elwood, this state, where they will reside in future.

J. C. Porter went to Chicago oday, and will stay at the Presterian hospital about ten days. He confidently .expects by that time, to have his restoration to good health entirely completed. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Geopp, of Pike Town, N. Y., arrived here yesterday afternoon, and will visit his brother August Geopp, of Barkley Tp n It is probable that they will take back with them two of August Geopp’s youngest children, as he has a large family of them and their mother died a month or two ago.

The Monon furnishes three-fifths of the sleeping-car equipment running between Cincinnati and Chicago, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton two-fifths. The Monon will place Wagner cars on the line as its quota, and the Cincinnati, Hamilton & Dayton will continue, for the present, to run Pullman cars. —Indianapolis Journal. Work on the demolition of Leopold’s old store building is now in progress, the efforts of the workmen at present being directed to the removal of the lower floors. There are two of these, the original floor and another six inches above it, the latter being laid when the sidewalk grade was raised. The building has stood since about 1865, and for a long time was far the finest business building in town.

THURSDAY. Robt. Parker of Remington is in town today. J. W. Beers, of Fairbury, Illinois is in town today looking at some land. A one year old child of E. S. Rhoads is reported very sick with a disease of the brain. Moses Leopold is home from Bloomington University law department, on a few days visit. Mrs. J. W. McConahay of Pleasant Ridge was called to Monon today, by the serious sickness of her sister, Mrs. Chas. Hayes. Elder N. H. Shepherd’s subjects at the Chfistian Church, next Sunday morning will be, "Church Unity.” Evening, “Cuba and Liberty.” Stop in at Moody & Roth’s

Meat Market and get a choice piece of meat. • They are killing cattle this week from Mr. Moody’s farm, such as he feeds for the foreign markets. Henry Sudhoff, a student, died at St. Joseph’s College, this morning, of pneumonia. Further particulars will be given later. There is a good deal of sickness among the college students at the present time. / Mr. and Mrs. John Braddock of Wheatfield after a three weeks visit with Mr. and Mrs. S. E. Yeoman returned home today. Mrs. Yeoman, who has been in very poor health for many months is now considerably improved. Capt. M. F. Chilcote returned this morning from attending the 48th regiment’s reunion, at South Bend. Only himself, Capt. W. P. Allen and Wm. H. Sayler attended from here. Over 100 survivors of the regiment were present at the reunion.

Harry Blackston, of Logansport, who travels for a Chicago drug house-was in town today. He is the party who, a few days ago gave his wife a large dose of carbolic acid, by mistaking it for medicine. It was a marvel that it did not kill her, but he reports that she has now practically recovered. Austin & Paxton have sold their farm just west of town, the west 80 of the old Eli Yeoman place, to Robert Michaels, who will move upon the same. The price was SBO per acre. Mr. Michaels’ two houses in town, one on Van Rensselaer the other on River street, are taken in part payment for the farm. Mrs. Matie Hopkins’ little son, Senior, was knocked down last Evening, near the Makeever House, by a rapidly driven team. His face was cut and bruised and one arm also bruised, but his injuries were, not as severe as might have l?een expected. It is not known whose team it was, but whoever the driver was he was violating the city ordinance against fast driving.