Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. Daily Grist of Local Happenings Classified Under Their Respective Headings. FRIDAY. R. W. Marshall has gone to Kankakee, 111., today. Speck Zimmerman and Art Catt are spending a few days in Chicago. Bert Goff is home from the Vories college at Indianapolis for a few days visit. The Newton county Republican convention will be held at Mt. Ayr, May 9th. W. B. Austin is making a business trip to Delphi, Lafayette, Attica and other places. Born, Thursday, April 11th to Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Reeve, in town, a son, an 11 pounder. Mr. and Mrs. G. A. Thomas after a few days visit with J. C. Gwin’s left for Monon, today. Rev. D. A. Tucker is able out today, for the first time since his accident of two weeks ago. Miss Ruth Hanawalt took the Flagg children to Brazil today for a two weeks visit with their father. Mrs. J. B. Marion and Miss Bertha Payne are attending the funeral of their uncle at Monon, today. F. S. Homer, an old resident of this place, after a three months visit with N. W. Reeve, left for Monon, today. Dr. Symonds, a Chicago physician, came today to visit a daughter of Wm. Huson, of Milroy Tp., who has .been sick for several months. This is Uncle Henry and Aunt Ann Smith’s 54th wedding anniversary. The neighbors, as usual, are remembering the day in a very liberal manner. Chas. C. Spencer, a Monticello attorney, has been made a director in the electric railroad company. The Monticello Journal says work on the road will begin at Monticello within two weeks. It is two months today since the Maine was blown up. The day is an appropriate one for Congress to complete the action that will wipe out that great wrong, as well as avenge the murder of 200,000 Cuban women and children. Harvey Robinson, one of Gillam township’s most highly respected young farmers, has gone violently insane, as a result, it is reported of religious excitement. Proceedings for his reception in the Logansport insane asylum are being held today. The new democratic paper, The Rensselaer Democrat, made its first appearance today, its publication day being Friday. Shields and Dilley are the editors and publishers. They announce that it will be a straight democratic pape and support the Chicago platform. This first issue is a very creditable local paper. A. T. Perkins the plumber, and A. J. Willis, the gun smith and bicycle repairer, have made still another move. They have gone south on Front street and occupy the building next south of Hemphill’s blacksmith shop, formerly occupied by J. P. Warner’s wagon and paint shop. Their present quarters are thought to be permanent. Rev. H. M. Middleton still continues to make good progress towards a complete restoration to health, and as the members of his church have just presented him with a fine new bicycle it may fairly be expected that its use will greatly accelerate the course of his recovery. Rensselaer is now well provided with newspapers. It has one daily, one semi-weekly, one or two week-

lies and several rather weeklies. Counting the six issues of the Evening Republican, the two of the Semi-Weekly Republican, and the one a week each of the weeklies and the rather weaklies, there are (twelve papers issued in Rensselaer every week. Two for every day except Sunday! g The presence of Prof. Abbts Columbia Italian band, from Chicago, was availed of by a hastily organized dance, last night, which took place in the old Odd Fellows’ hall. About 46 people were present and enjoyed the affair greatly. The music which consists of a harp, two violins and a flute, was especially fine. The band has been engaged for a return visit when two dances will be given, on the nights of April 25 and 26th. The office building from the court house yard finally reached its destination north of the railroad last night; after much trouble and delay experienced by the movers, Blood and Rutherford. One of the many unlucky incidents connected with the moving was the staling of the traction engine which hauled the house, in a waterworks ditch This left the house standing at the junction of Washington and Division streets so long that it was thought to be permanently located there, and 4 or 5 parties who design starting as many more new newspapers in Rensselaer got their eyes on it, for a printing office. It being on wheels was thought to be an advantage as it would facilitate the final and inevitable getting out of town. The house finally moved on however, and the prospective newspaper men will have to look further. SATURDAY. J. C. Taylor is at Lafayette today. . Mrs. J. L. Foster is visiting relatives at Elwood a few days. Mrs. John Zimmerman is visiting relatives in Indianapolis a few days. Miss Ruby Knowlton, of Foresman, was a Rensselaer visitor today. .. -■ -->4 ■■ Joe Jackson is back to his old job of portering, at the Nowels House. Miss Ollie Marlatt, of Chicago, is the guest of Miss Nora Marlatt a few days. Robert Campbell who for some time has been working at the Kennel Bros, bakery returned to Lafayette today. Frank Hodshire moved his family over from Wolcott, yesterday, and occupies a portion of A. Leopold’s double tenant bouse, south of the court house. *F. B. Learning, our former townsman, has just been renominated by the Republicans of Goshen for city clerk, over several competitors. He is already holding the office A four-wagon gang of gypsies are encamped down the river a mile or two. It is to be hoped, for the sake of their social standing, that they will keep clear of the Dan Hart outfit. Fred Rich, the salvation army boy who stayed here so long some years ago, is now visiting friends here and in the country. He has been attending college at Naperville, 111., the past winter. If you see a streak of black lightning flashing up and down the streets don’t be surprised. It is only Wm. Carter, the colored boy on his bicycle geared to 120. The driving horse which has twice nearly caused the death of Rev. D. A. Tucker has now been put to the safer and more laborious duty of hauling a heavy dray wagon, having been bought by C. W. Duvall. Dr. 8. C. Johnson and his new bride, nee Miss Ruth Russell, of Remington, arrived last evening and are now at home in their pleasant rooms in the rear of the doctor’s office, over Porter & Yeoman’s store. Governor Mount yesterday ap-

pointed Mortimer Levering, of Lafayette, as commissioner from the tenth district to the Transmississippi and international exposition to be held at Omaha during the coming summer. Some of “the boys” sent a very long telegram to B. F. Fehdig, at West Baden, today, telling him of his nomination for councilman by the Democrats, last night. Of course they forgot to prepay the charges on the telegram. The following is an item taken from one of our Japanese exchanges: ‘Mr. and Mrs. Thambynayagampillia are now on a visit to Kovdkudvirruppu. Mr. Thambynayagam pillai is the son of Judge G. 8. Arianayayampillai and a son-in-law of A. Jambulingammudellar.” Daniel Templar, the young man who shot himself at Wolcott, was a brother of Dr. M. P. Templar, a dentist of that place. The suicide was himself a recent graduate of a dental college. There was no apparent cause for his act. He had just come from Canada, to visit his brother, and his remains were sent back there for burial. Of the four prominent people of Rensselaer, who, ten days ago, were all very dangerously sick, three got out yesterday for the first time. Namely Rev. D. A. Tucker, Miss Laura Fielder and Miss Bernice Warren. The fourth, Father Wishard, also had a red letter day yesterday, as he sat up then for the first time since his sickness became serious. The committee which had charge of the entertainment of visitors at the recent meeting of the Northern Indiana Teachers’ association at Kokomo recently, finds itself nearly ready for a receivership. Debts to no small amount were incurred, the committee relying upon the subscriptions to pay out. The collectors are now being turned down in many quarters by subscribers, and the funds are running short. Wolcott Enterprise—ln a drive over a portion of Jasper county Monday, the writer with Banker E. B. Dibell, had the pleasure while in Rensselaer to visit the new court house, the genial clerk, W. H. Coover acting as guide. It is indeed a yery fine building—much finer than the temple of justice found in the average county. In some instances as regards light and room, the offices are better than in our own court house at Monticello, and for other reasons it is inferior, but on the whole it is a building to be proud of though it did cost a big sum. MONDAY. Mrs- E Hollin is sick with a fever. Abe Wartena spent Sunday with his mother at Hammond. Miss Patterson of Kokomo is visiting W. L. Wishard’s a few days. L. W. Henkle, of Chicago Heights, is visiting friends here a few days. Press Hemphill moved up into Keener township, today, and will engage in farming. A. E. Johnson and ’Elmer Whitted of Francesville spent Sunday in this city. Mrs. Elizabeth Brown and Mrs. J. L. Brady are visiting relatives at Knox a few days. Mrs. N. J. Reed returned Saturday night from a week’s visit with her parents at Michigan City. Born Sunday April 17, 1898, to Mr. and Mrs. Aleck Hurley, of Barkley township, twins, a son and a daughter. Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Spalding of Hoopston after a few days visit with relatives north of town, returned home today. The Fortnightly Fiction Club has completed its study of Quo Vadis and will now take up George Eliot’s great historical novel, Romola, and other of her works. There are measles in town. A daughter of T. J. Saylor has a pretty severe case. Two children of

Luther Hemphill, on the same street, also have it. but in milder forms. Mrs. David Hilton, whose hip was broken some time ago by a fall, is now able to walk with crutches. For a person of her age her recovery has been remarkably rapid. Situation wanted, as cook in a hotel, or in a family at cooking or general housework. Four years experience as a hotel cook. For name of party, call at this office. d2wl Will Vogeland lost an arm last Tuesday in a corn shredder, northeast of Kentland. George Tullis, a Sheldon livery-stable keeper lost an arm the same way the Friday before. Goodland Herald—Born, Thursday morning, to Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Colborn, a twelve pound boy. Right now is the time to buy lumber of Ike at bedrock prices, as he is feeling too good to argue about a few dollars. Dr. I. B. Washburn expects to spend the next five or six weeks in Chicago taking a special course of instruction in the use of the microscope and attending eye, ear, nose, throat and surgical clinics. He will be at home each Saturday and Sunday to treat chronic cases. We gather from the Rensselaer Sentinel that the new democratic paper at that place will be owfied jointly by a populist and a democrat, managed, in part at least, by a republican, and cussed by everybody. Do we rightly catch your meaning, Uncle Mac? —Morocco Courier. The protracted meeting at the Christian church closed Sunday evening. During the meetings there were 19 additions to the membership of the church. Miss Lillian Pearl Perrin, who led the singing during the meetings, returned to her home at Thorntown, today. The most awkward man in all the world without doubt lives in Tennessee. He recently shot a dog and in explaining the accident to the dog’s owner shot him. Later in showing how the tragedy occurred, he shot the coroner. He has been liberated now for fear he will try to explain it to somebody else. Neighbor McEwen, of the Democratic Sentinel, seems not wholly pleased at the advent of a new democratic paper in Rensselaer. He states that it reminds him of another “Rensselaer Democrat” started here ten years ago, and of which James and Sickles were the publishers. That venture lived four months. A North Carolina man thus explains why be has joined the Methodist church: “They tell me that if there is to be war, the government will call out the regular army first, then the militia is to be called, and after this the Baptists, because they can fight on water, and Methodists can’t. I went right straight and joined the Methodists!” The “Immortal J. N.,” though many times reported dead, is still living and was in Chicago a few days ago gathering a fresh supply of railroad passes. He travels all the time and everywhere and never pays a cent. He is known in all the general railroad offices and is furnished with annual passes whenever he asks for them. The state department G. A. R. was notified yesterday by the executive committee of the national encampment at Cincinnati that free quarters would be furnished for 1,600 veterans at the national encampment All posts that wish free quarters should notify E. R. Momfort, chairman of the school house committee, at Cincinnati. A great state meeting in the interests of DePauw University will be held at Indianapolis, April 26th and 27th. This is the special educational institution of the Methodists of Indiana, and they are taking great interest in this meeting. Delegates to it from the Rensselaer M. E. church were appointed at the quarterly conference, this

morning. They are J. F. Warren and George N. Dunn, and Dr, S. C. Johnson, alternate. A complete telephone system for Winona Assembly grounds, at Warsaw, has been ordered by the board of directors. An order has been placed for several miles of wire, with the necessary poles, a hundred-drop switchboard and twenty-five instruments. The instruments will be supplied to cottages, booth-keepers, etc., at a low rate, and the^exchange will begin services next month. The funeral of Thomas R. Barker, which was held at church Thursday afternoon, was largely attended. Aside from the people of that locality, there were numbers from Rensselaer, Kentland, Brook, MoroccoJ and other towns, who were present to pay their last tribute of respect to an old and honored^friend. —Morocco Courier. Herbert Morris, son of the multi millionaire packer and second largest land owner of Jasper county, Nelson Morris, died in Chicago Friday, after an illness of several weeks. A present of $1,000,000 was made by Nelson Morris to Herbert Morris when the young man was married last June to Miss Hulda Bloom, daughter of Leopold Bloom, the widely-known grain operator, Young Morris had traveled extensively and was an author of some note. Our list of prominent people who had been very dangerously sick but were getting better, should have included that of John W. King. Mr. King has been very bad since the middle of February, and he too, like three of the others previously mentioned, gave his first decided indications of recovery last Friday, having sat up for a short time that day. He seems now to be improving right along, but from the nature of his disease his recovery will probably be a pretty slow process.