Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 May 1898 — CITY NEWS. [ARTICLE]

CITY NEWS.

Minor Items Told in a Paragraph. , Daily Grist of Local Happenings * Classified Under Their Respective Headings.

TUESDAY. Harrie Kurrie is at Monticello today. E. L. Hollingsworth is at Logansport on business. J. C. Parkhurst, of Francesville, is in town for a few days. G. D. Mustard is in Chicago Heights today on business. Frank A. Comparet, attorney at law, of Kentland, is in town today. Miss Edna Dillon is the guest of Miss Jessie Adams at Monon a few days. Bom to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goff, in the east part of town last night, May 3, a son. Mrs. M. J. DeArmond of Dun--1 ville spent the day with Mrs. Helen Peacock yesterday. Miss Alma Kingsbury, of Telluride, Colorado, is here the guest of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Bott. J. E. Hollett, of Remington, has returned to that place after a winter’s health sojourn in southern California. To rent A new residence on Van Rensselaer street, near the waterworks. All new and convenient. Enquire of Mrs W. T. Perkins. Frank Foltz, attorney at law, will speak to the members of the high school Wednesday morning, on the subject of “habit.” John F. Pettit, trustee of Walker Township, was the happiest man at the Board of Education meeting, Monday. His first boy was born last Thu«sday, April 28. He already has three nice girls, but is glad to have the monotony broken this time. Bishop Rademacher said in the oourse of his remarks during the dedication of the new Hartford City Catholic church that it is the duty of “every member of the diocese to defend the American flag against the Spruish government, even at the sacrifice of his life.” Dan Roach located his lost Newfoundland dog, very promptly, by a notice in Wednesday’s Evening Republican. The dog had been hit by a train, out near the stock yards, and had a leg broken and was otherwise injured. It is a valuable dog and Mr. Roach will try and pAtch her up. Township Trustee J. I). Babcock, is feeling proud theso days that Marion township has again turned out the most graduates from the country schools of nny township r in the county. Last year also he was ahead. The number graduating from Marion this year is 15. Carpenter is next with ten, and Barkley third with eight. The Eighth Annual Conference of County, City, and Town health officers will bo held in Indianap- , olis, Room 12, State House. Thursday and Friday, May 26th and 27th. The object of the Conference is to promote the health affairs of the State by assembling the health

officers to consider matters pertaining to the preservation of the public health. The supreme court of Indiana several days ago rendered a decision which has confirmed the judgment of the St. Joseph circuit court, Which declared the quart shop law valid. The supreme court bolds however, that the law does not apply to brewers, distillers and other wholesale dealers, but simply to those who sell directly to consumers. Geo. N. Dunn returned home from Camp Mount, last evening. In view of the fact that his business and other interests would suffer greatly by his absence, he concluded that, until the country’s need was greater, he had better avail himself of Gov. Mount’s suggestion, and let some other go in his place, who can do so without injury to his private interests. The city election is taking place today. The war excitement seems to have pretty nearly caused the election to be forgotten, and the vote will probably be very light. At three o’clock less than 80 votes had been cast in the first ward and only about 80 in the second. At the third, the interest is greater, and 130 votes out of a possible 226 had been polled at the hour mentioned. The next annual field day of the North western Indrana High School Athletic Association will be held at Remington on Friday, May 20. There will be an unusually large number of entries from the Rensselaer high school, this year. There are 19 events on the program and there are entries from Rensselaer in all but two of them. Our boys expect to give a good account of themselves, in all the events in which they have made entries, but it is in the matter of bicycle riding in all distances in which they are most confident of complete success. The First District Christian Endeavor convention of the state of Indiana, will meet at Remington, June 8 and 9. Eminent speakers and singers will be present and a rioh treat of good things in Christain work may be qxpected. Rev. Dr. R. V. Hunter of Indianapolis and Rev. R. S. Brant of Valparaiso, are expected to make the principal addresses. It is now confidently expected that Prof. Bilhorn of Chicago, will have charge of the music. Remington will certainly make up to the occasion.—Remington Press. M. J. Kenroy, who has been here setting up and regulating the court house clock and temperature controling apparatus, returned to Chicago Monday evening, believing that those mechanisms are in full and complete working order. The clock especially seems to be working perfectly. The erratic striking which was such a frequent and entirely inexplicable annoyance for several days has been absent entirely since Janitor Joyner has quit lifting up the lever of the striking weight to show visitors how heavy it was. This always caused the striking apparatus to slip around' n notch, but Mr. Joyner did not, of course, know that in so doing he was deranging the apparatus. The movement among the Odd Fellows of Indiana to establish an Odd Fellows’s Home for children

and aged people, has, after a long consideration, finally _ taken a definite shape. A committee of ten from various lodges of the state has the matter in hand, and is now considering the location of the home. In all probability the location will be determined at a meeting of the committee fixed for May 10. Many towns in the state are competing for the location and offering inducements to the committee. Other things being equal, the town which offers the largest inducements will secure the prize. It is proposed to spend something like SIOO,OOO in the purchase of lands and erection of a building.

WEDNESDAY. Jacob Wingart is visiting relatives'ut Delphi a few days. John King got down town Sunday for the first time in ten weeks. Mrs. M. C. Jouvenat of Chicago, is the guest of Ellis Walton and family. W. R. Puckett, of Wolcott, after a few days in the city returned home today. Mrs. Julia Enslin, of Morroco, is the guest of her daughter, Mrs. D. A. Stoner, for a few days. Miss Virgie Watts after a few days visit with Miss Grace Gee returned to her home in Monticello today. A number of Relief Corps women surprised Mrs. Frank Osborne last evening. Refreshments were served. A party was given at the home of N. C. Pumphrey last evening in honor of Charley Mullen of Brook. Eight couples were present. E. M. Parcells came home last evening from a three days stay in Monticello, where he visited his mother, who is very seriously sick. R. S. Dwiggins has secured for his law office the room in Makeever’s building formerly occupied by R. W. Marshall and A. Halleck. Elder and Mrs. D. T. Halstead left on the 3:30 train this afternoon for their home at Andover, South Dakota. They have spent this winter in this vicinity. Mrs. Frank Goodrich and Mrs. S. J. Winsor of Chicago attended the funeral of their father, George Bullis, of Jordan Township, Saturday. They returned home today. Walter Imes returned home last evening from several weeks of the mud bath treatment at Hunter’s Springs, near Attica, for his rheumatism. He finds himself greatly benefitted thereby. A long eared animal of the donkey persuasion, kept in the rear of the Hildebrand livery stable, has a voice of remarkable compass, although its moduation might be improved by training. As an example of the power of his utterance, it is stated that a few days ago several parties were sitting in a joom two blocks away when the critter brayed, and one member of the party pulled out his watch and declared the train was half an hour late. He thought the bray of the donkey was the whistle of a locomotive.

THURSDAY. Miss Rilla Osborne has received a fine new Victor piano. Mrs. Henry Goff, in the east part of town, is very dangerously sick. M. F. Chilcole is ut Winamac today, looking after some legal business. Mrs. Charles Coblentz after a few days visit with friends hero returned to her home at Rochester, today. About 25 members of the Women’s Relief Corps gave Mrs. A. T. Perkins u surprise party last evening. The new flag ordered for the court house some days ago has not been received yet. It is a difficult matter to buy good flags now, the demand being much greater than the supply.

Owing to the inolemency of the weather the concert the Citizens’ band tonight has been postponed indefinitely. Rev. WO. Fritts Will preach at the First Baptist church next Sunday evening, at the usual hour for evening services. A car load of stone coping for the court house yard has arrived and will be hauled down as soon as the weather will permit. The infant son born Tuesday, to Mr. and Mrs. Henry Goff, in the east part of town, died a few hours after birth, and was buried yesterday. . Mrs. Clement Reed . has been very sick for some time, from a gathering in her breast. It was lanced last night and she now seems to be considerably better. The successful Free Baptist evangelist, Rev. J. L. Meads, returned hero today and will begin a revival meeting at Vaughn chapel, tonight. Geo. N. Dunn, who is a very proficient ’drill master, drilled the young men’s company last evening. He put the boys through their paces in a manner that was decidedly vigorous. A law suit was tried yesterday afternoon, before Squire Burnham and a jury, between Ed. Erwin and his wife Mrs. Julia Erwin, in regard to the ownership of certain household effects. The parties have separated and both claim to own the goods. Late in the evening the jury reported that they were unable to agree, and they were discharged. There are still two more Rensselaer boys in that brisk company over at Monticello. One is Wilbur Tharp, son of Oscar Tharp, of this place, and he has the honor of being sergeant in his company. The other is his brother Glenn. It is now thought that the company still stands a good chance of being called to the front, under the present call, after all, so many of the militia have left their companies, and still others being thrown out as physically unfitted for soldiers, Jasper county has still another representative at the front in the present war. A son of Mr. Lakin, who lives near town on one of Swaney Makeever’s farms is in the Fourth U. S. regiment, now stationed at Tampa. He writes back that the soldiers nre very anxious to be sent where they can get some fighting to do. R. S. Dwiggins has returned to Rensselaer, and will make this city his permanent home. He has opened a law offioe and will devote his entire time to the practice of his profession. He quit the practioe about fifteen years ago on account of his health which is now fully recovered. See his card in this paper. It is against the city ordinances to stake cattle or horses out in the streets, as much as to let them run at large, although many people do not peem to think so. The city marshal reports that he is having much trouble trying to persuade people to observe this ordinance, and ho is afraid he will be compelled to enforce it by legal process pretty soon. Monticello Herald. —Mrs. Bert Van Voorst of this place and Mrs. Traugh of Remington uttended the funeral of Miss Lodie E. Reed at Indianapolis last Saturday. Miss Reed’s death occurred at Urbana, Ohio, though the latter years of her life had been spent at the Indiana capital, which was tho scone of her most active life work. She was largely instrumental in securing the passage of tho prosent law regarding scientific temperance instruction in the public schools, und Gov. Matthews in recognition of her services presented her tho pen with which he signed the law. The new method of voting by marking the ballots with a pencil instead of an ink stamp is likely to result in fewer ballots being spoiled and not counted, than by the former method. Still thero will be some people who will novel learn to voto by the Auslra-

lian method, in any form. In our oity election of Tuesday, for instance, small as the ballot was and simple the method of marking, there were several votes thrown out for imperfect marking or other reasons, In the second ward however, there were three found in the ballot box which were not marked at all. These were probably put in by persons who did not want to vote at all, and yet ( who wanted others to think they had voted. Only one other vote was thrown out in this second ward. That one had evidently been put in by a Republican but he missed the big circle entirely when he went to mark it. Had he got his ballot in correctly, the vote in that ward would have been a tie. Bicycle riding on sidewalks is more dangerous than bicycle riding without lamps. The lampless bicyclers we arrest and fine; the sidewalk bicyclers pursue their dangerous practice with impunity. It ought to be stopped. A state law forbids riding on sidewalks with vehicles. This is sometimes construed to cover bioycles, and therefore to render unigatory any town or city ordinance against bicycles on walks. This view is not held in all plaoes, and many cities and towns have ordinances against bicycle riding on sidewalks, that are enforced and produce good results. We suggest that our city council assume that the old state law does not cover bicycles, and that they at once adopt a stingent ordinance oovering the point, instruct Marshal McGowan and Policeman Childers to rigidly enforce it. If the council is unwilling to pass such an ordinance let them take the other view that the sfate law covers bioycles, and order the Marshal and Police to enforce it, the same as they ordered that the boys should be stopped from jumping on trains. The Marshal and Policeman do not like to take all the responsibility of enforcing a necessary but not entirely popular law, and it is not right that they should be compelled to. So let the council take its share of the responsibility.